Fermented foods aren’t on the fringe of the culinary scene anymore, exploding into a $63.3 billion industry across the U.S.

Despite what you might have seen online, your lettuce isn’t vaccinating you against polio. But there is some real science behind this leafy claim.

Our sun is a roiling mass of energy, with solar flares exploding on its surface, sending gas, plasma, and light that blasts ...

Top student science projects from Meadow Montessori School will be displayed at Ellis Library through April 10.

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) supported 58,800 science fund projects last year, allocating a total of 37.07 billion yuan ($5.38 billion), according to NSFC Director Dou ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

Modern oil tankers carry some of the most volatile cargo on Earth, yet catastrophic explosions are virtually unheard of. The answer lies in a surprisingly elegant system that uses the ship's own ...

Some writers focus on moral subtext in their works. Others, an overarching lesson. But for Andy Weir, there’s only one driving approach to creating his bestselling novels: science first. “There’s ...