In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and ...

Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable.

Discover the science behind seeing your reflection in water. Light travels in straight lines and bounces off smooth surfaces, ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

As the nights grow longer and the world feels a little heavier, I find myself turning toward the familiar rhythm of Hanukkah. The simple act of striking a match, watching the wick catch and letting ...

I test a series of light experiments to explore reflection, refraction, and optical illusions, demonstrating how light ...

A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest ...

Dermatologists explain the science behind wildly popular treatments like red light therapy, which is now available at home—for a steep price. Full-face LED masks like this one can cost up to several ...

Thousands of people have gathered at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of last Sunday's terror attack. Vigils were held around the country, with Australians ...