Some science facts sound impossible, but they’re real. These examples show how strange reality can get once you look closer.

Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

You know that feeling when someone tells you something so wild, so ridiculously unexpected, that you have to double-check if it’s actually true? That’s this list. These aren’t TikTok myths or ...

Misinformation about scientific topics, including falsehoods such as vaccines cause autism and climate change being an entirely natural phenomenon, is an issue scientists have been discussing more and ...

Horrible Science is back for a second series, as the team behind the multi-award-winning Horrible Histories deliver another round of hilarious, curriculum-linked adventures. Combi ...

There was definitely a mass extinction event 65 million years ago (probably related to a giant asteroid that smashed into Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula), and it did spell the end for most dinosaur ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

In a new communications landscape that feasts on polarization, the science community needs to rethink how it engages society in scientific discovery, controversy and policy. Instead, the science ...