A vortex tube splits a stream of air into hot and cold! This is how it works and why it doesn't violate the second law of thermodynamics.

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare professionals and the ...

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare professionals and the public: the claim that autistic people are “mind ...

If the headlines are to be believed, kids these days are getting dumber. Some of the data – which indicate that Gen Z individuals are performing worse than their parent ...

After weeks of protecting her brood, a spider mother makes the ultimate sacrifice, offering her own body as food.

Ever since ChatGPT’s debut in 2023, concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) potentially wiping out humanity have dominated headlines. New research from Georgia Tech suggests that those ...

PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ have wide-ranging toxic effects. Now, researchers have found that two non-legacy PFAS, namely perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOS ...

For scientists who study the Southern Ocean, a long-standing silver lining in the gloomy forecast of climate change has been ...

We often view the human story as a steady, inevitable march across the globe. But the reality is much messier—and a lot more tragic. Archaeological evidence shows that modern humans reached Eurasia ...

Scientists think Venus once had oceans, water, and a climate that may have resembled early Earth. But something pushed the ...