A microscope experiment explores the presence of iron in cereal and explains the science behind this common food claim.

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The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built ...

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NASA’s effort to save the Swift space telescope from an uncontrolled reentry has crossed a critical threshold: ground teams ...

A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.

Chennai: A new STEM lab, with emphasis on electrical and electronic circuits; additional do-it-yourself experiments for students and story modules to teach science and math concepts are among the ...

Scientists may have found a way to destroy cancer cells without initially relying on chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation.

I want to begin with a story—a story I have repeated again and again. It is a classic anecdote, almost a textbook example. It ...

The voice America most needs to hear for its 250th birthday is not only that of the founding fathers, but of Frederick Douglass, the 19th century abolitionist and prophet of freedom.