A team of physicists has pulled off a visual trick that sounds like stage magic: they made a flash of light vanish inside a ...

Microplastics are everywhere, but doctors say panic isn’t helpful. Medical experts explain what we know so far, what’s still ...

Revealing the deepest point on Earth and the methods used to measure it accurately. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial An American dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town ...

(From left) Shichen Xu, James Tour, Alex Lathem, Karla Silva and Ralph Abdel Nour. A research team at Rice University led by James Tour has developed a two-step flash Joule heating-chlorination and ...

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Pain is hard to measure. One person’s “ouch” is another’s agony. Now, scientists say they’ve found a better way of assessing pain: putting a price on it. By translating pain into dollars, they’ve ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out Everest has steep competition. Mount Everest, left, tops out at 29,032 feet ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a type of cancer that originates in the colon or rectum from precancerous polyps, which can evolve into cancerous growths over time. This review aimed to provide a ...

Austin temperatures on Thursday are expected to hit 101 degrees, while the muggy air will make it feel more like 104. We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” to describe ...

You can always bet on a Michael Schlossberg puzzle to provide a good workout. By Caitlin Lovinger Jump to: Tricky Clues | Today’s Theme SUNDAY PUZZLE — Will Shortz, in his print introduction to this ...

Before you step outside, you may want to know how humid, or "sticky" it feels. That comes down to knowing the dew point. Dew point is more commonly discussed in the summertime and is a good measure of ...