
What's the highest temperature water can freeze, and the lowest it can boil on Earth?
Ice can form on Earth at temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius), and water can boil below 212 F (100 C). Here's how.
By Philip Empey, Lucas Berenbrok, Kayla B. Rowe published
Pharmacogenomic, or PGx, tests predict how your genes might affect your response to medications. But they have their limitations.
By Emily Cooke published
Whether it's from a day at the beach or a trip to the swimming pool, getting water stuck in your ear is very common. But how does it happen?
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists say a synthetic compound derived from Brazilian wandering spider venom could treat people with erectile dysfunction for whom drugs like Viagra don't work.
By Harry Baker published
A new study has found that the famous Australian lungfish Methuselah, who first arrived in the U.S. in 1938, could be up to 101 years old.
By Keith Kloor published
There is a long U.S. legacy of plutocrat-funded pseudoscience. Congress just embraced it.
By Ben Turner published
An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way's edges.
By Ben Turner published
Analysis of the microscopic structure of an ancient shard of Roman glass has revealed how photonic crystals form, and might enable them to be grown.
By Victoria Atkinson published
Used coffee grounds that are heat treated increase the compression strength of concrete.
By Stephanie Pappas published
Using a quantum device, researchers have observed, for the first time, a molecular process called conical intersection that is important in reactions such as photosynthesis.
By Ravi Davda published
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