Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For this week’s library column, I’ve again chosen a few unofficial holidays that all fall on the same day and have similar themes.

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice from a pitcher into two cups, then pretended to empty just one. They asked ...

A doctoral student re-created a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Iridium oxide is one of the most important—and most problematic—materials in the global push toward clean energy. It is ...

Scientists have uncovered incredible truths about the universe, yet some mysteries still refuse to show us an explanation.

Animal intelligence stories travel fast, and tidy myths travel fastest. An octopus unscrews a jar, a parrot says hello, a bee dances, and many people leap to one-line conclusions about genius, ...

Quantum computers struggle because their qubits are incredibly easy to disrupt, especially during calculations. A new ...

The famed collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory has ended operations, but if all goes to plan, a new collider will rise ...

Imagination may not be uniquely human. A new study shows an ape tracking pretend objects, reshaping ideas about cognition and evolution.

Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a ...

Rajkamal Srivastava is a postdoctoral researcher in Cammie Lesser’s group at Tufts Medical Center. In this Postdoc Portrait, ...