The first sign of something strange emerged on August 6, 1967, in a squiggly stretch of data occupying less than a quarter-inch of Bell Burnell’s readouts. “I logged it with a question mark ...

Our favorite funny books for kids are sure to get even the most reluctant readers engaged and giggling. The humorous options on this list range from silly picture books to goofy comics for early ...

Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur. A newfound fossil tail from this giant predator stretches our understanding of how—and where—dinosaurs lived.

For decades, we've used body mass index (BMI) to infer the basic health of an individual. However, BMI fails to account for factors such as athleticism, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners. Last updated: January 23, 2024 by Regan McMahon Each winter (in January or February), the Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given to outstanding African ...

Common Sense Media editors help you choose Book Club Picks for Kids. Jump-start great discussions with these talk-worthy tales. ... First Phones; Social Media; Parental Controls; AI Companions; ...

Like other bacterial bioluminescence, milky seas have a steady, even gleam “like the glow-in-the-dark plastic stars you can buy your kids,” according to a 1980 U.S. Navy sighting.

Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the fathers of the Council of Nicaea of 325 with the Greek text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 in its liturgical form.

In his new National Geographic series, Limitless With Chris Hemsworth, the actor completes a test of the body’s reactions to fear: He climbed up a hundred-foot-long rope suspended from a cable ...

The December 18 explosion is the region’s fourth in three years—and has fired out 10 times more lava per second than any of the past three at their peaks. Here's what happens next.

If there was one food to focus on for children’s brain health, it would be dark leafy greens, says Mosconi, whose latest book is called The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women ...