Earlier this week, a team of researchers announced that they’d made a discovery about how we inherit mitochondrial DNA from our parents that could change what we know about not only disease inheritance, but human history as a whole.

The weak force has been causing trouble for a century, ruining everything physicists thought was true. But it might actually be responsible for your very existence.

After more than two decades as an anchor for ABC News, an on-air panic attack sent Dan Harris's life in a new direction: he became a dedicated meditator and, to some, even a guru. But then an anonymous survey of his family, friends and...

Does success come from luck or skill, and how do you tell the difference? One way to find an answer: think like a pro gambler does, says football executive Rasmus Ankersen. Using sports analytics to emphasize his point, Ankersen digs...

The laws of physics are the same everywhere in the universe. At least we astrophysicists hope so. After all, it's hard to unravel the complexities of distant parts of the universe if we don't know the basic rules. But what if this is...

This video discusses how polarized sunglasses act as quantum measurement devices by demonstrating the strange behavior of light passing through multiple filters. It delves into the concept of quantum entanglement, Bell's theorem, and the...

Does bee venom therapy work? Stings cause pain, itching, or even death in some people, so how might potential benefits outweigh the risks?

There's a compound found in squid skin that they use to change color and protect their cells, but it could also help us fight some of the most common disease-causing microbes out there.

This week, researchers announced a novel cancer drug has become the first of its kind to reach clinical trials. Also, new research into vampire bat friendships could help us learn more about animal (and human) behavior.

Are millennials addicted to their phones? Is that even a thing that can happen?!

When you have a study with a small sample size, how do you know that the results represent the broader population? Well, thanks to a brewer who needed to assess beer quality in the early 1900s, we now have a simple statistical test that...

Our body is supposed to be paralyzed during REM sleep, but REM sleep behavior disorder might not allow you to stay in bed. It could even cause you to act out your dreams in real life.

When you’re learning about science for the first time, it can be easier to break things down into a simpler form, and you can end up with a few misconceptions about the world. But sometimes this is the first step to understanding that...

Passionate scientists constantly have revolutionary ideas, but when they seem too good to be true, they usually are.

Despite what you might've seen on some wilderness-survival show, there's increasing evidence that your pee isn't sterile. So don't do anything crazy with it. Sci Show explains!

Hank lays out three of the most awesome discoveries in science in 2013, from the fields of physics, space science and anthropology.

Plants! We absolutely depend on them. Oxygen, food, and looking super nice to boot! But, plants have a lot more going on than meets the eye. How do we know that? Investigations and Experimentations!

Traditional COVID tests take time and specialized personnel, but a new kind of test that uses nanotechnology could expedite the process.

Over-the-counter pregnancy tests give potentially life-changing results with a pretty high rate of accuracy. But how do they work? Tien Nguyen explains how each test performs a scientifically rigorous, multi-stage experiment that goes...

What Do Exercise, Omega-3s, and Vitamin D Have in Common? Cancer. In a study published this week in the journal Frontiers in Aging, researchers propose a combination of simple strategies to help prevent the development of invasive...

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From Pokémon, to fMRI, to the relationship between masculine norms and mental health, 2016 left us with some interesting psych news to ponder.

You might have seen this story circulating on social media…but we’re here to let you know that children are NOT growing horns because they use cellphones. This is a great opportunity to learn from what can happen when both peer review...

Hank brings us news from planets all around the solar system: Mars, Mercury, and even planet Earth have been in the news lately. A retraction from NASA about the Curiosity mission; the discovery of water and organic material in craters...