President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to sign an executive order promoting plastic straws after his predecessor ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

Though bundled up in winter wear, the class of Lake Ripley Elementary School fourth-graders still shivered in the February cold, especially as the wind whipped across the playground, delivering an ...

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

For her excellent efforts in education, the Yankton Middle School (YMS) science instructor has been honored as the state’s ...

Well chosen names can quickly convey scientific concepts or health messages — in emergency situations they can even save ...

Kevin Delaney leaves his lab behind to hit the streets for experiments that are so unusual, offbeat, and so unexpected they will blow your mind.

St John’s University (New York) and the England-based University of York are expected to participate in the Global Investors ...

Physicists have long tried to model the chaotic phenomenon of turbulence. Now, a team has pioneered a new quantum computing-inspired approach.

Gautier “Cole” Killian, a 24-year-old former student at McGill University, has been identified as a member of Elon Musk’s ...

A green microscopic organism could be the next superfood, following in the footsteps of now popular staples like salmon and ...