Mind Games, a four-day board-game-judging marathon, was held in Portland this weekend, where this year's seven Mensa Select ...

The principles involved were expounded for petrological specimens by Mr. Sorby and for diatoms by Mr. Stephenson fifty years ago.

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses. Rescuers capture a sick sea ...

This swimmer accidentally discovered a colony of gelatinous masses attached to a submerged tree in the lake at his cottage. He was following a large bass when he came upon what he thought was a ...

The Houston Chronicle has been selected as one of five Texas media organizations in a new investigative initiative with ProPublica and the Texas Tribune to strengthen accountability journalism in ...

The researchers used a so-called atomic force microscope for their measurements. Doctoral student Simon Scherrer first developed a microscopically small holder, which serves to capture one single ...

BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – On this week’s Big Country Politics, we’re delving into the debate over school choice and hearing from both sides: Governor Greg Abbott and Bob Popinski ...

Lately, to answer that question, I’ve been turning to tiny worlds for help. I received a microscope for Christmas, and I’ve been disappearing into the preset slides it came with: onion skin ...

Coupling phase-stable single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulses to scanning tunneling microscope (STM) junctions enables spatiotemporal imaging with femtosecond temporal and Ångstrom spatial resolution. The ...

The tiny birds stop for a surprising snack at Roberts Bank near Vancouver. It’s one of their last meals on a long journey north.