"It's like you've named your new form of research 'the best ever.'" -- Vesta Silva, PhD, of Allegheny College in Meadville, ...

Precipitation can bring chaos! But have you ever wonder how each type of precipitation forms? It is all based on the temperatures across the different layers of the atmosphere; from cloud to surface.

Imagine a life form that doesn't resemble any of the organisms found on the tree of life. One that has its own unique control system, and that a doctor would want to send into your body. It sounds ...

New forms of discrimination, known as neoracism, are taking hold in scientific research, ... New forms of racism arise in science research (2014, February 15) ...

Man-made forms of life are just fine in Uncle Sam's book, a new federal study into synthetic biology concludes. The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has just released the ...

The science of snowflakes: See how they form and why no two are ever alike Snow is made up of trillions of tiny ice crystals that make snowflakes, with not one alike. Here's how they form.

Researchers have discovered two new forms of salt ice that could change the fundamentals of chemistry forever. That’s quite a bold claim, I know, but based on the research showcased in a new ...

Bathsheba Grossman, a sculptor in Santa Cruz, California, mines subtle forms of symmetry for inspiration. ... Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, ...