There are five general senses: touch for feels, taste for food, smell for avoiding trash, hearing for sounds, and, of course, ...

Black holes have long captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public. These exotic objects—once thought ...

When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But ...

A wildfire burns in the hills of a Los Angeles suburb, leaping from one patch of dry brush to another as it approaches a cluster of homes. The landscaping at the first house burns, but the house ...

A 95-year-old from the Gold Coast, Australia, took to the waves following a long absence after he became legally blind. Melanie Tjoeng, the man’s granddaughter, took this video of him paddling at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Visual Sound Productions has opened its new headquarters on Union Street in Springfield, transforming a once-abandoned building into a state-of-the-art facility. Social ...

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres-what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa-but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is ...

Forward-looking: Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a microphone that doesn't detect air vibrations like traditional models. Instead, it captures light reflected from ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thunder is created by the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. Lightning can reach temperatures of 54,000°F (30,000°C)—five times hotter than the ...