Sci-fi films have produced plenty of iconic vehicles, from spaceships to submarines. Here are the coolest motorcycles that we ...

A social experiment connects strangers in San Francisco and Texas through payphones, and the results are heartwarming.

If you're sick of your dead-straight hair or untameable curls, the blame doesn't start with your wash and dry routine, or ...

A drone umbrella that follows you hands-free? The internet thought it was AI—but it's real. Too bad the battery lasts 10 ...

Your skin is constantly monitoring temperature, telling your brain when something feels warm or cool. Scientists have long thought it does this using separate sets of nerve cells. A new study ...

Results of the 14th annual Cool Science Image Contest were announced on Wednesday with winners selected from a pool of entries that include University of Wisconsin faculty, professors and students.

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

Scientists say they have solved in detail what may be the most famous lawn-care-related problem in all of physics. The so-called Feynman sprinkler problem is named after one of the best-known ...

Scientists create cold radioactive radium molecules to search for clues behind the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance.

It held heirloom squash seeds that my father had carefully saved from the final harvest we planted together before he passed ...

Recently, USA TODAY wrote about using cloud seeding to halt hurricanes. Now, it's El Niño that scientists want to stop, this ...

NEW DELHI – In an effort to combat rising temperatures in Gujarat, hundreds of homes in Ahmedabad have received a new “cool roof” treatment, where their rooftops are painted with a white reflective ...