We are used to heat flowing from hot objects to cool ones, and never the other way round, but now researchers have found it is possible to pull off this trick in the strange realm of quantum mechanics ...

By using controlled microwave noise, researchers created a quantum refrigerator capable of operating as a cooler, heat engine, or amplifier. This approach offers a new way to manage heat directly ...

In the slapstick science fiction action movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, an alleged time traveler played by Sam Rockwell appears in a Los Angeles diner with a plan to avert the apocalypse. The ...

For athletes competing in Olympic slopestyle skiing, which includes skiing down rails, performing flips and turns, face-plants are part of the experience. But so are creativity and joy.

In this video I try the classic water and playing card experiment, where you flip a full cup upside down and the card is ...

Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured ...

An old jeweler’s trick could change nuclear timekeeping A centuries-old metal-plating trick may unlock ultra-precise nuclear clocks that work without GPS and could redefine how we measure time.

Notre Dame professor Katie Bibedorf, better known as Kate the Chemist, joins TODAY to share entertaining science experiments you can do at home with the kids including a snowstorm in a jar and a snow ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s no big secret that spending time in the great outdoors is ...

The combination of physical intimacy and oxytocin seems to boost healing, according to research published in JAMA Psychiatry. The study found that wounds healed faster among couples who received ...

Viral prank creator from Canada, Elizabeth Grabowski, whose real-reaction comedy racks up 718M organic views in 2025, shares simple, chaos-powered tricks you can borrow to turn even the stiffest ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...