The reason we can gracefully glide on an ice-skating rink or clumsily slip on an icy sidewalk is that the surface of ice is ...

Scientists have recently discovered an interaction between an electromagnetic wave and its own magnetic component as it ...

Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never ...

From ghosts appearing in photographs to a lot of bent spoons, things got pretty weird when the “Alpha Kids” crashed a study.

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...