To quantify how well bedding keeps a person warm, scientists use a unit called “clo” (short for “clothing”). One clo equals the insulation needed to maintain comfort at room temperature while seated.

Octopuses don’t think like we do. In fact, most of their neurons aren’t in their brains at all. Instead, they’re spread ...

The graves, dating to the second half of the 10th century, align with the reign of King Harald Bluetooth—the monarch who ...

The main finding is that these plastic bag policies are effective in limiting, although not eliminating, plastic bag litter ...

A new study shows that a mother digger wasp (Ammophila pubescens) can remember the locations and feeding history of up to ...

That’s the kind of future envisioned by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). They have built a peculiar robotic ...

This simple idea is putting brake lights on the front of vehicles. This could be a game-changer in road safety. A recent ...

Scientists just gave the electric motor a sci-fi upgrade. A new study details how researchers successfully built and operated ...

The killer whales are using a kind of marine loofah to exfoliate. Rubbing the kelp between their bodies is a form of mutual grooming, and quite possibly, the first documented tool use for social ...

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

The inscription measures roughly four by five feet. Within its chiseled border lie 255 runic symbols — characters from ...

In the future, your dentist might not fill your cavities—they might grow you a new tooth.