As snow powers the winter Olympic games, you probably underestimate the simple snowflake. For starters, snow isn't technically white.

Celery is a good choice for this. Add water to a large water glass. Cut 2 inches off the base of a store-bought celery bunch. Stick toothpicks around the base and immerse the bottom of the bunch in ...

In the slapstick science fiction action movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, an alleged time traveler played by Sam Rockwell appears in a Los Angeles diner with a plan to avert the apocalypse. The ...

Fitting your streak into your existing routine also means you can use habit stacking to keep your streak going. For example, I always floss when I brush my teeth before bed, and I never skip that step ...

For athletes competing in Olympic slopestyle skiing, which includes skiing down rails, performing flips and turns, face-plants are part of the experience. But so are creativity and joy.

It's easy to forget where you parked your vehicle in a crowded parking lot, and if your key fob is out of range, try this simple trick.

In this video I try the classic water and playing card experiment, where you flip a full cup upside down and the card is ...

Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured ...

Discover five creative matchstick tricks that blend science, ingenuity, and visual fun! Watch as we make an expanding matchstick star, relight a match using candle vapors, ignite a tiny match head, ...

An old jeweler’s trick could change nuclear timekeeping A centuries-old metal-plating trick may unlock ultra-precise nuclear clocks that work without GPS and could redefine how we measure time.

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

It can feel hard to change your behavior or form a new habit, especially over the course of a whole year. On Jan. 1, you might fill your fridge with kale and go for a jog, but how do you keep that ...