A Moment of Science

Rene Descartes discovered the phenomenon behind this neat science trick you can do at home.

The heaviest Mola weighed 6,000 pounds. These lumpy pillow-shaped fish like to float on the surface.

These elephants were hiding in plain sight – for almost 1.9 million years.

What's the scientific method to happiness? It might just be how you think about the past.

A bird that abandons their eggs? What's worse – these birds leave them in other species' nests.

Does it help to exercise when you're sick for a speedy recovery?

Save some money for the buffet, because this game is rigged.

Do they really fly? Or just kinda jump out of the water?

Snoring is annoying, but it's also a red flag for metabolic syndrome.

Have frogs changed very much since the days of the dinos?

Being top banana comes with its advantages (and parasitic worms).

In January 2025, scientists at NASA began to worry of a potentially devasting asteroid impact.

How do engineers know where to place wind turbines?

There's a right way to snack?

Does this trick work better than counting sheep?

Are you susceptible to the influencers?

Does carbon dioxide content in plants make bugs hungrier?

If babies don't learn to babble, will they still learn to talk?

He might look like a shrimp, but he packs a strangely powerful punch.

Where in the world does it come from?

Good presentation makes all the difference.

The corn variety, please.

How would we know if life was on another planet?

Music isn't just a therapeutic for your ears, it also affects your body.

Why Are Bird Eggs Speckled?

Body weight is important, but how does it indicate health?

When this eel gets swallowed by a predator, he still has one last trick up his sleeve.

How does a queen bee rule over a hive?

This invasive toad has caused a lot of problems, even for itself.

Do you like vanilla? Because it's about to get really expensive.

The male Anna's hummingbird's tail has a musical application.

Arctic melting causes problems for the homes of ringed seals.

This invasive plant causes a lot of trouble for its neighbors.

New evidence from an ancient burial site reveals a 13,000-year-old diet.

Do squirrels have a taste for snake?

How do scientists take the ocean's temperature?

In 2022, scientists dissected an 18-foot Burmese python only to find a barely digested 5-foot-long gator.

Praying mantids were long thought to be deaf, but neuroscientists have made a new discovery.

420 million years ago, this fish evolved an interesting ability. For a fish, anyways.

It turns out that humans and monkeys have a shared language when it comes to talking to babies.

Does the early bird really get the worm?

Maybe you feel like your brain is a broken record. Are you sure you're not ruminating?