The radio 'howl' of a lightning-like discharge has been detected at Mars for the first time. While orbiting the red planet, ...

Everyone knows scientists are in the business of “discovering” things. But what exactly do they do? When I was growing up in ...

The science pros at TKOR create a tiny lightning storm in a controlled setup, revealing the power of electricity in miniature ...

Harvard engineers think they've found the reason basketball shoes squeak, and it's due to pockets of friction between the rubber and the court.

“This project started with a simple question: why do basketball shoes squeak?” Adel Djellouli, a study co-author and ...

The video opens with a bang of curiosity and ambition as Drake Anthony of the styropyro channel reveals his latest and most ...

A couple of years ago, self-described “professional mad scientist” and undisputed YouTube legend Drake “Styropyro” Anthony uploaded a video featuring various experiments performed with the crazy ...

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

At the Bedretto Underground Laboratory deep in the Swiss Alps, scientists are inducing tiny earthquakes along a natural fault zone in the hopes of understanding what can trigger—and prevent—a deadly ...

Mewgenics’ combat is simply brilliant. The variety and randomness in cat-building means that no two felines are the same, ...

From 400 kilometers above, these storms eclipse ground-level drama. Each bolt, just a millisecond flash, unleashes 5 billion joules, superheating air to 30,000 Kelvin, five times the Sun's surface.

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Ever wonder ...