What would be the first sound aliens hear from Earth? This video explores the intriguing possibilities of extraterrestrial ...

Americans in several states have reported a continuous humming noise that is rattling their homes and keeping them up at ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

How horses whinny has long been a mystery. The sound is quite distinct from any other in the animal kingdom. And now scientists think they’ve discovered why: horses whinny by producing sounds at two ...

The original story “ Physicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity ” is published in The Brighter Side of ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes. By Kate ...

Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence behaves at extreme speeds, a critical hurdle for designing these aircraft. Their ...

SEATTLE — Three unknown orcas have been spotted in Vancouver Harbour and more recently near Seattle, sparking the excitement of western Washington residents who track local orca activity closely. The ...

In a bar, a poet meets the man behind the drug that saved his life — discovering how science, faith and chance created a ...

In the 29 years since, North Carolina hasn’t rebuilt a single coastal fishery. In fact, every stock managed under the FRA has ...