Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease than White Americans, and their life expectancy is about five years shorter. Why? In this special ...

For decades, rumors of alien spacecraft at Area 51 have captivated the public imagination. In what is now known as one of the most infamous government cover-ups, an absence of information fueled wild ...

There’s truly nothing like a pretty sunset. As the sun sets, the heavens above are like cotton candy: lighting up with a beautiful display of deep reds, vibrant oranges, and intense pinks. Simply put, ...

An electrical engineer works on Form Energy's 2022 battery module in the company's lab in Berkeley, California. Image courtesy of Form Energy Share Weirton, West Virginia has iron in its blood. The ...

Researchers visit an ancient pyramid in Peru in NOVA's Ancient Builders of the Amazon. Image Credit: Federico Pardo for NOVA/GBH For 50 years, NOVA has taken viewers on adventures through time and ...

A false-color image of Saturn based on near-infrared data from the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited the planet for 13 years. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI ...

Patterns of lines and dots associated with specific animal species in cave art may point to an early writing system. The four dots painted across the back of this aurochs (wild ox) in the Lascaux cave ...

In a thought experiment first proposed in the 1920s, the Hilbert’s Hotel has an infinite number of rooms and helps demonstrate some of the strange properties of infinity.

The idea that animal fingerprints could disrupt crime scenes had come up even before koalas' prints came to light. In 1975, London police fingerprinted several chimpanzees from local zoos as part of a ...

Ahh, cast iron pans. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’ve been around for hundreds of years. With proper maintenance, they can last long enough to become family heirlooms. A cornerstone of this pan’s upkeep ...

Did you know that dogs can use their cold, wet (and cute!) noses to sense sources of heat and thermal radiation? That discovery, via a 2020 study from Sweden that challenged dogs to choose between a ...

The February storm left dozens of Texans dead and millions without power—and exposed an aging energy grid unprepared for a changing climate. Can we build something better? Ice and snow cover plants in ...