New fissures are devastating neighborhoods on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Under the right circumstances, your brain can trick you into experiencing some time intervals as longer than others. But under other circumstances, time itself really does slow down. The two phenomena—psychological and physical—are more similar than you might think.

Remembering John Pilley, the owner and trainer of Chaser the Border Collie.

When it comes to generating power, shining light on silicon opens up many possibilities.

Could pieces of plastic garbage become the resource we need to construct buildings?

Much of a diamond's brilliance and fire comes down to physics.

A team of scientists recently discovered a large body of liquid water beneath the southern ice cap of Mars. The presence of liquid water, an essential ingredient for life as we know it, could help inform future studies for past and potentially extant life on the red planet. Explore the discovery made with radar technology and learn what scientists think about the potential of life on Mars.

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun like never before. It will hurtle towards the star at the center of our solar system at 120 miles per second, which is the fastest human-made object ever. The heat shield on the front of the probe will withstand temperatures of about 2500 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the instruments at roughly room temperature.

Explore the science of grilling and how it could affect your health.

What the Physics?! is about the physics in you, of you, and around you.

Thanks to physics, no memory can last forever.

Even brief separations can impair the brain development of a young child or infant.

Depending on your perspective, the repeal of net neutrality could help or hurt science.

It’s pretty different from the atom you saw in your textbooks.

This Lumberton, Texas resident witnessed the destruction of Hurricane Harvey.

Two Texas residents set out on a small motorboat to join the Hurricane Harvey rescue effort.

In just one devastating month, Houston, Florida, and the Caribbean were changed forever. In summer 2017, three monster hurricanes swept in from the Atlantic one after another, shattering storm records and killing hundreds of people. As the planet warms, are these superstorms the new normal? How well can we predict them?

Rosharon, Texas is a reminder of how a hurricane can cripple a community.

Hurricane Maria plowed into Puerto Rico and shattered hundreds of thousands of homes.

Hawaii’s Kilauea and Guatemala’s Fuego volcanic eruptions have been remarkably destructive.