The Thermodynamic Genius of the Classic Drinking Bird Toy
The kitschy desk ornament's mechanism confounded Albert Einstein.
It was named after subterranean German goblins.
Egyptian blue, the world's earliest-known artificial pigment, could help pave the way for advances in medical imaging and forensics.
This isn't your average kitchen table.
In the 1930s, farmers weren't sure why their clothes kept bursting into flames.
It's gorgeous when elements react in high resolution.
A new study supports a theory first proposed by Charles Darwin.
It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.
Something was wrong with the local felines … and soon humans would get sick too.
The science behind the ooey-gooey slime fad.
File drinking Italian wine under "ancient tradition." Really, really ancient.
In the midst of the Depression, the world turned brighter when brothers Bob and Joe Switzer began developing a dazzling new fluorescent color palette.
There’s a science-based argument for ordering whiskey on the rocks.
The British scientist's electromagnetic discoveries sparked a revolution.
It can be defined—just not in a way that looks good on the wrapper.
Chemistry makes for some great poetic inspiration.
There's a new way to recycle aluminum, even if it has food on it.
This graphic, spotted by inhabitat, presents the information found in a traditional periodic table with pictographs and labels indicating where you might encounter each element in your life.
The upside is, finding out what the drugs actually were made people less likely to take them.