The app "fosters curiosity, exploration, and both soft and hard preschool skills," according to one of the education experts ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

In this video, we take a look at how submarines work. We dive into the stability considerations and touch upon how they are ...

Upwelling of deep water rich in phosphorus supports an N-fixing symbiont that lives on Sargassum algae, giving the algae a ...

The Conversation discusses why frozen turkeys can explode when deep-fried due to rapid steam expansion from ice, causing ...

We saw some frigid and freezing temperatures in parts of Central Florida over the last few days. Will there be more cold ...

One such question, asked every now and then, is why humans float more easily in saltwater. There are a few places in the world where this is especially apparent, for example in the Dead Sea, or in the ...

A Bay Area sound healer offers a unique twist on sound baths, an increasingly popular form of meditation and healing that is ...

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Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. | Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu via Mongabay On September 7, a few hundred fishers, mostly Adivasis, ...

In this video, I reveal the science behind the viral floating candle illusion everyone’s talking about! Watch as I demonstrate how water beads “disappear” in water and explain why hidden objects ...

Narrabri-based scientist Dr Bec Thistlethwaite contributes a column to The Courier on the science in our daily lives. Readers are invited to send their science questions in to Dr Bec via [email ...