What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

Do high pollen levels affect exam performance? A new Finnish study suggests a link between increased pollen and worse grades, especially in math and science exams.

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Trotz, now 92, never stopped teaching, and even after he migrated and was officially long retired from the public service, he ...

Have you ever wondered about the sheer joy of learning something completely unnecessary? There's something magical about discovering facts that serve ...

We all know that stars radiate light and much more. But radiation belts can also surround many other celestial bodies, such ...

The magnum opus of particle physics is far from complete, requiring physicists to devise many alternatives—some weirder than others. After decades of chasing after a rare hexagonal diamond, a Chinese ...

It seems that a country divided on many fronts is finding common ground at the gas pumps. There, the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the ...

Dragonfly will explore the giant Saturn moon Titan by air, helping scientists learn about the proto-ingredients of life on the satellite's hazy surface.

Imaging-based single-cell physiological profiling holds great potential for uncovering fundamental bacterial cold shock response (CSR) mechanisms, but its application is impeded by severe focus drift ...

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2025 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that recognizes ...