This is popcorn like you’ve never seen it before. In super slow motion, each kernel pops with a dramatic burst, unfolding ...

A science experiment showing how a laser can detect sound vibrations, turning speech into a visible signal.

A fountainous Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii was accompanied by a small tornado-like vortex that spun up right next to the lava light show.See it in the video above.Nicknamed a "volnado," the ...

We love STEM fun at our house, so when my mom, Mimi, told us she had come up with a very simple experiment to make a volcano, my kids and I were excited to give it a try. It was a great bonus that we ...

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fireball that lit up the sky over Florida's Kennedy Space Centre last night has put a big question mark over whether Jeff ...

Some science experiments last a few minutes. Some take years. And then there is the Pitch Drop Experiment, which has been running for nearly a century and is still not finished. The Pitch Drop ...

Nearly two decades ago, four graduate students from MIT united around a shared idea. "We believed that programming cells would ultimately be more important than programming computers," says Jason ...