There’s been speculation, but no solid proof. By Andrew Coletti Published Dec 1, 2025 9:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is the practice of advancing clocks to extend evening daylight. According to Britannica, Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, formulated ...

But behind its poetry lies a fascinating science of soil microbes, plant oils, and airborne molecules that together create one of nature’s most beloved aromas. The key player in petrichor is geosmin, ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

Have you ever locked eyes with someone and wondered how rare their eye color is? While some people have striking blues or deep greens, the truth is that most of the world shares just a few dominant ...

From the discovery of stardust older than the sun to the first tyrannosaur embryos, here are some fascinating findings that may have been overshadowed this year. Researchers in Chiquihuite Cave wear ...

In context: Marshal Brain created the HowStuffWorks website as a hobby in 1998. To his surprise, the site became a go-to for the layman wanting to understand complex processes and systems in ...

The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. “I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, ...

An entrepreneur who founded one of the world's most popular websites was mysteriously found dead in his university office just hours after sending an email accusing officials at the school of trying ...

Marshall Brain, educator and founder of the popular edutainment company HowStuffWorks, died last week at the age of 63. Born in California, Brain moved to Raleigh in the 1980s to complete a master’s ...

The province is shutting down the Ontario Science Centre immediately due to the risk that the 55-year-old building's roof could collapse. As CBC's Lorenda Reddekopp reports, the emergency closure ...