There is a moment each year when the Arctic stops reflecting light and starts holding it. It does not announce itself.

Volcano Kilauea's puahiohio are swirling columns of ash and volcanic debris, often mistaken for tornadoes but formed by ...

Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense ...

Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense rules we experience every ...

This experiment puts a supposed perpetual motion device to the test. We break down how it works, what physics says should happen, and whether the motion can actually last without an external energy ...

Abstract: We report measurements of the flux flow instability velocity in 8 nm thin superconducting NbRe microstrips. In particular, a change in vortex motion after the film has been lightly oxidised ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This movie captured by NASA'S Cassini spacecraft shows a south polar vortex, or shows a south polar vortex, or a ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A fire vortex was spotted at the Deer Creek Fire. So we wanted to know the science behind how these form. A quick chat with our Chief Meteorologist Stephen Bowers, ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Three cooperative birds and a model bird head helped scientists figure out what flamingos are actually doing when they stick their heads upside down underwater. By Rachel Nuwer If you’ve ever really ...