How Lasers Could Turn Metal Surfaces Like Door Knobs Into Bacteria Killers

Copper has long been used as an antimicrobial material. Now, Purdue University researchers enhanced the metal's bacteria-killing properties using a laser-texturing technique.

See How Honey’s Behavior Changes in Zero Gravity

Science has never looked so oddly yummy. Watch Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques demonstrate how strange honey is in space.

The Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua’ May Be a Shard From a Destroyed Planet

The Science Behind ‘Cute Aggression’

Science Reveals the World’s Worst Smells

Amazing Animation Shows How Slow Light Speed Actually Travels

Neutrinos Could be Key in Understanding Where These Mysterious Radio Signals in Space are Coming From

This is the ‘Whale Super Highway’ Where Thousands of Humpbacks Travel Every Year

Scientists Find “Secret Sauce” for Slowing Aging

Bacteria Could be the Reason Some Animals Can Detect Magnetic Fields

Listen to This Bird's Amazing Laughter Heard Across Eastern Australia

Check Out These Deformed Skulls in an Ancient Cemetery That Reveal the Turmoil After the Fall of Rome

Check Out This Territorial Turtle Adorably Try to Take on a Massive Manatee

This Strange Alien World that Rains Iron Just Got Even Weirder

Spiders Are Drawn to this Specific Color More Than Any Other

Astronomer Find Signs of Life in Venus’ Atmosphere

Scientists Confirm Theory that Some Planets Could be Made of Diamonds

Men's Beards May Have Evolved to Do This Interesting Thing

According to University of Utah researchers, bushy beards may provide some protection by softening a blow, similar to a lion's mane.

Check Out This Amazing Visualization Showing All of Earth’s Water in a Single Sphere

Sure, two thirds of the planet’s surface is covered in water, but if you took every drop and formed it into a single sphere, here's how big would it be.

Water Found on Habitable Super-Earth

Hubble Discovers a Problem With Our Dark Matter Theory

This Amazing Beach is Hidden Inside a Bomb Crater in Mexico

Surprisingly, Mexico’s Hidden Beach isn’t one of Mother Nature’s creations.

Awesome Map Shows Every Mars Landing (and Crash Landing) Ever Tried

This Celestial Spectacle Looks Like a Diamond Ring in Space

Asteroid Bennu's Active Surface Revealed in New NASA Video

"We thought that Bennu’s boulder-covered surface was the wild card discovery at the asteroid, but these particle events definitely surprised us," said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator and professor at LPL.

Astronomers May Finally Know the Origins of the Giant Stream of Gas Circling the Milky Way

It’s an explanation at least 50 years in the making.

This Spectacular Triple Rainbow Phenomenon Isn’t What it Seems

Hummingbirds Can Drop Its Body Temperature 66 Degrees at Night

Astrophysicists Simulate an Image of a Boson Star

Curiosity Once Captured a 'Floating Spoon' on Mars

What Are White Holes? Meet the Black Hole's Twin

The Rarest Planet in the Universe May Be Hiding in the Rings of This Bizarre 3-Sun System

Acetaminophen Linked to Risk-Taking Behavior

Could risky behavior be a side effect of one of the most commonly used pain relievers?

Astronomers Search 10 Million Stars With No Sign of Aliens

Listen to This Rare Audio of Narwhal Buzzes, Clicks and Whistles Captured

From social calls to foraging sounds, scientists have recorded rarely heard audio of the narwhal’s vocalizations, which provides insight into the behavior of the “legendary Arctic unicorn.”

The Coldest Place in the Universe Makes Antarctica Look Like a Tropical Paradise

Your teeth would definitely be chattering here.

Sick of Seasickness? This Electric Boat Flies to Keep Nauseating Waves at Bay

The Candela Seven is the world’s first electric hydrofoil boat.

In an Ironic Twist, Cotton Candy Was Invented By...A Dentist

The concept of “spun sugar” has existed in various forms possibly going all the way back to the 16th century. But it wasn’t until this Tennessee tooth doctor hit the scene with “Fairy Floss” that the confectionary craze as we know it today..

The GREGOR Solar Telescope Just Got an Upgrade

These new images of the sun are the highest-resolution ever taken.

Dramatic Video Shows Small Sharks Fleeing to Shallow Water to Escape Huge Hammerhead

These Amazing and Beautiful 6,000-Year-Old Marble Caves Are Only Accessible by Boat

This Highway in Downtown Osaka Passes Right Through the Middle of a Skyscraper

You might call this a miracle of modern engineering - or at least a miracle of human conflict resolution.

Oxygen From Earth Could Cause Rust on Mars

Could a combination of atmosphere and solar winds cause the moon to oxidize?

Physicists Figure Out How to Float a Boat Upside Down on Levitating Water

Scientists Say Identifying the Gender of Dinosaurs is Harder Than We Thought

Does Our Sun Have a Long-Lost Binary Twin?

Playing This Music Could Protect You Against Mosquito Bites

Ultra-Processed Foods Could Mean Ultra-Fast Aging

New research reveals how eating “ultra-processed foods” may contribute to advanced aging.

This is What Happens When Voids Collide

Could a Strange Alien Species Thrive Inside the Interiors of Stars?

“It is a fascinating thought that the Universe may be packed with intelligent life that is so different from ours that we failed to recognise its existence,” physicist Eugene Chudnovsky told ScienceAlert.