SCIENCE

Magic Eye pictures have been called “the world’s most famous—and infamously frustrating—optical illusion.” Here’s what might be going on if you can’t see them.

The U.S. capital might have been a very different place if not for the surveying work of Benjamin Banneker.

Love can have some pretty great perks: the emotion offers mental and physical benefit to our bodies. Here are eight aspects of life that get a boost when our hearts are full.

In HBO’s new series ‘The Last of Us,’ Cordyceps fungus has infected humanity, turning those unlucky enough to become hosts into clicking, screaming, mushroomy monsters. Here’s what you need to know about the real fungus.

By July 1952, UFOs were a hot topic—and Reverend Louis A. Gardner wanted to know Albert Einstein’s thoughts. Did flying saucers come from space? Or were they military technology?

Through the GoodNature Program, you could earn extra money by donating your poop—and help people in the process.

Sinks and countertops get all the bad press, but the most bacteria are actually lurking somewhere else.

The short answer is that no one really knows why we yawn. But people have theories.

From what causes ice ages and how many we’ve had, to the species that thrived and the ones that died, here’s what you need to know.

Summer, winter, and fall may have their fans, but spring is clearly the best season. Even science agrees.

Reusable cloth grocery bags are hailed as a sustainable alternative to plastic, but the truth is more complicated.

While individual bubbles are fragile things, walls of them can muffle a major source of loud ocean noise.