NPR's A Martínez asks National Geographic writer Maddie Stone about some of the real science behind the fictional world of "Dune." Fans of the sci-fi world of "Dune" are waiting for the next episode ...

You’re walking home on a busy day, exhausted and longing for a couch. As you round the corner, a blur whizzes past, and the roar of wind fills your ears. You stare curiously at the fading figure — a ...

Wormholes are one of science fiction’s favourite cheats. Need characters to cross impossible distances? Skip years of travel?

These frantic words, uttered by Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) in one of the first scenes in Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi comedy, Don’t Look Up, convey the urgency of the situation facing him and Ph.D ...

Cultural institutions, researchers, and “makers” are using technology to expand their connections with K-12 science educators, push students and teachers to become creators of science content, and ...

In the mid-1950s, naturalist Ronald Lockley undertook a study on behalf of the British Nature Conservancy, which was concerned about the spread of a rabbit disease called myxomatosis. In a grassy ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

We live in an era where information is more accessible than ever before. Paradoxically, this hasn’t made us wiser—it’s made us more vulnerable to misinformation. Pseudoscience, once confined to the ...

On two Saturdays this spring, the campus will be filled with aspiring middle and high school scientists displaying projects ranging from hair health to binding agents in bubble gum, as Smith hosts the ...

Every few years, a new shark movie comes out that tries to become the next Jaws. But when it comes to sheer shark mayhem, nothing can top 2013’s Sharknado, which launched an entire franchise of ...

People often joke about the oldest daughter being the "third parent," but there's more to that idea than meets the eye. Researchers are beginning to notice patterns that explain why the role of ...