Despite what you might have seen online, your lettuce isn’t vaccinating you against polio. But there is some real science behind this leafy claim.

Through simple hands-on lessons, students can follow their curiosity, get messy, and explore the world around them.

Whether you're hosting a garden party, brunch, or a birthday celebration, you're likely on the hunt for a spread of sweet treats that's as tasty as it is eye-catching. Ahead of your next gathering, ...

Want to make breakfast the healthiest meal of your day? Consider making breakfast the biggest meal of your day — while also including more fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and other fiber-rich plant ...

Edible cotton seeds could revolutionize the cotton industry. That's the goal of one researcher who says the seeds would be an inexpensive protein source that could help feed millions of people. KUOW ...

The AVATAR investigation on NASA's Artemis II will utilize organ chips to study how the astronauts' own cells respond to the hostile deep-space environment. Credit: Emulate When the Artemis II ...

Researchers have found a way to make ordinary aluminum tubes float indefinitely, even when submerged for long periods or punched full of holes. By engineering the metal’s surface to repel water, the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Everyone knows it's cold it is outside. The entire Philadelphia region has remained below freezing for the seventh day in a row, with little relief in sight. But we are tapping ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In late 2024 Nicola Coughlan, the actor famous for her work on Derry Girls and ...

“In my opinion, invisibility is no longer a science fiction concept.” A B-2 stealth bomber takes off from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to using anti-reflective paint to ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

As your News Feature notes, effective science communication is needed in the face of funding cuts (see Nature 645, 298–300; 2025). Yet art–science collaborations — a great way to communicate the value ...