Imagine shining a flashlight into a material and watching the light bend backward—or in an entirely unexpected direction—as ...

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Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new ...

Discover the limits of human sight: from a 3-mile horizon and candle flames 2.8 km away to seeing galaxies 2.5 million ...

How Seed Oils Became Controversial—And What the Science Really Says A food scientist debunks the vilification of seed oils on social media and explains what research says about them. Why flu cases are ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

Two accomplished climate scientists, Yi Ming and Hanqin Tian, have been hired as the first Institute Professors of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, according to Seidner ...

Have you ever wondered why a diamond can catch your eye from across a room? Well, this article will walk you through the ...