And in the blink of an eye, winter is over — at least when it comes to the clocks.  On March 8, 2020, most Americans will "spring forward" by moving their clocks an hour ahead. ...

Paleontologists have long determined that modern-day birds evolved from smaller members of the two-legged, meat-eating theropods, such as velociraptors. However, for many years,...

Celebrated annually on March 14, Pi ("π”) Day is a universal favorite with students and teachers. Though the American holiday, which honors the numerical constant representing t...

Though many single-celled lifeforms have evolved the ability to survive without oxygen, multicellular organisms have always been believed to need the gas to survive. Now, scient...

It might be our closest star and absolutely essential for our existence, but, for the most part, the inner workings of the Sun remain a mystery to scientists.  However, if the i...

An elephant, who accidentally fell into a dry, 25-foot deep well in Northeast India, lived to see another day thanks to the quick-thinking rescuers' scientific knowledge. The ch...

On December 31, 2019,  Chinese officials announced that 27 people in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province,  had been infected with a new strain of the coronaviru...

Amid the excitement of  Super Bowl LIV,  which ended with the Kansas City Chiefs' first championship title in fifty years, it may have slipped your mind that yesterday was Groun...

For those unfamiliar with the sport, the National Football League's (NFL) championship game, aka the Super Bowl,  may seem like an ordinary season finale. However, don't tell th...

Shana Stamey and her family had no doubt that their gorgeous white German Shepherd, Gypsy, would give birth to some adorable puppies. However, the Clyde, North Carolina, residen...