Elizabeth Peterson

A vintage Apple-1 computer and a German Enigma machine are two of the items up for sale.

The mother of all Macs and a Nazi cipher machine are just two of the cool things to be auctioned off in the science-themed sale.

Mammals have been growing hair the same way for 125 million years.

The winner of this year's contest invites you to consider a bee's perspective on the world.

This woman wrote the world's first computer code 100 years before the computer was invented.

Regular coloring books are so 2014.

A poison-injecting suitcase and a not-so-harmless shovel are among the items on display.

Photos from a creepy new exhibit at the Museum of London.

Sure, the seasonally themed Whopper will turn your poop green, but that's not really anything to worry about.

A newly described species of rodent has a nose like a cute little piglet, ears that only a mother could love and teeth that would make Dracula run in fear.

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists whose research helps explain how human beings continue to thrive despite an invisible disadvantage — their totally unstable DNA.

Who would you rather have in your pocket, Siri or Sherlock?

A few slices of bacon a day seem to keep the doctor away (at least for one woman).

Hundreds of new species have been discovered in the Himalayas in recent years, but many face danger as climate change and overdevelopment alter their habitats.

A piece of paper that survived the sinking of the Titanic was recently sold at auction for the price of a fancy sports car.

Highly efficient robots on wheels could soon be hauling trash in a neighborhood near you.

It might seem odd, but scientists have a lot to say about supernatural beliefs.

If you're guilty of phubbing, you may want to change your ways sooner rather than later.

A serendipitous deal between a history museum and a smuggler has provided new insight into one of the most famous stories ever told: "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

Why do we have fingernails, anyway?

They might look like rusty old guns, but these 150-year-old cannons offer locals an important connection with their history.

The king crab could soon take over a whole new kingdom, and it has global warming to thank for the conquest.

Lockheed's newest military vehicle works just as well on land as it does in the water.

From sky bears duking it out with the moon to coital relationships between celestial bodies, people have been making up cool stories to explain lunar eclipses for a very long time.