The moon looks enormous when it's near the horizon — why is that?

Fresh snow can look like a blank sheet of paper, so bright it almost hurts to stare at in midday sun. Yet at the microscopic level, those flakes are not white at all, and the color we think we see is ...

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

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature ’s photo team.

In my opinion, invisibility is no longer a science fiction concept.” A B-2 stealth bomber takes off from Nellis Air Force ...

It’s sometimes said you ought to look backward before you can look forward. This week, we’re showing how one very specific moment in American history has had knock-on effects for scientific ...

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 ...

The invisible stuff makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, but researchers know little about it ...

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 ...