Everyone knows scientists are in the business of “discovering” things. But what exactly do they do? When I was growing up in ...

Some solid materials can cool down or heat up when pressure is applied or released. This behavior enables cooling and heating ...

Forget fear of public speaking. A lot of people now shy away completely from speaking to anyone in public. But if we learn to do this it’s enriching, for ourselves and society ...

Staging is the practical art of helping buyers picture their life inside your home. It is not about hiding flaws or creating ...

After small social blunders, laughing at yourself may land better than visible embarrassment, researchers say.

Drake Anthony, the YouTuber known as Styropyro, scales his high-voltage experiments to 400 car batteries, unleashing currents ...

His work with his colleague Richard Ryan changed how psychologists understand human motivation and what people require to ...

After experiencing entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world, Rachel Zimmer, founder of 5Crowd, returned home to co-found a ...

E pluribus unum—"out of many, one"—is not only a motto for the United States; it's a good credo for microrobots. A research collaboration between Cornell and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent ...

Unseen but all around us, the air we breathe in enclosed spaces is crucial to our health and well-being. Indoor air is not simply outdoor air that has been run through a filter: it has its own ...

So long as it doesn't ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the United States won't be able to seek short-notice, on-site inspections to deter and detect possible Chinese and Russian ...

Scientists are testing a product called Xtreme RT in St. Andrews Bay to combat red tide, aiming to target the algae without ...