When frozen ground known as permafrost degrades, it can fail catastrophically. That could spell serious trouble for the whole ...

Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

Sometimes, research can lead us down crazy paths. We may discover things we didn’t know existed or learn more about something we thought we’d figured out — and what we thought we knew can be turned ...