Throughout history, scientists have pursued bold experiments to expand human knowledge. While many studies led to breakthroughs, others shocked observers because of their unusual methods or ...

Legendary Prankster Adam B acts as a digital myth-buster by putting the internet's most unbelievable laboratory stunts to a rigorous physical test.

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

Performance-enhancing peptides are increasingly popular among fitness enthusiasts and biohackers, despite limited human ...

Many people who don’t believe one conspiracy theory about that station—known as the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP—believe another. A common misconception is that it can ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

12 years after it first hit theaters, Tom Cruise's legendary sci-fi film with Emily Blunt keeps proving it was ahead of its time.

A new study explains how some supernovas are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case ...

Upon first arrival at Epic Universe, park goers will step into the Chronos, a portal that opens up to the five worlds. The first world to greet visitors is Celestial Park, the heart of Epic Universe, ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

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