life's little mysteries

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.

Glass has unique properties, but is it a solid or a liquid, or does it fall into its own scientific category?

Here's how your brain might adjust to see color on another world.

Why do people love the taste of garlic, but hate the resulting garlic breath?

Can we trust our earliest memories, or are they unreliable?

Scientists have calculated the average distance between stars, but there's much more to star distribution than meets the eye.

Here's the science behind why some people hate eating cilantro, which is also known as coriander.

Earth is the only rocky body in the inner solar system with strong magnetic poles. But where do these poles come from, and what do they do?

Mayflies are famous for cramming an entire life into a single day, but that's not strictly true.

The answer depends on the design of the bullet and the gun, as well as on what happens once the bullet leaves the muzzle.