For decades, researchers thought they had a solid idea about the earliest booms in animal life. But new research might have turned off the gas on all these ideas, flipping our understanding of the Avalon explosion and the Cambrian...

Some scientists are hoping to use our motion through the galaxy to help detect some of the most elusive particles of all: dark matter.

Poisoning has always been a popular method of getting rid of one’s enemies, but is there actually a “perfect” poison capable of being completely undetectable? Here are 6 of the poisons that have confounded doctors throughout...

When we learned about periodic trends, we learned about ionization energy. Just how much energy is required to remove an electron from an atom? What about a second electron, or a third? Let's compare a few different ionizations and see...

It's time to check out Group 13 on the periodic table, the boron group. This includes boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, and nihonium. What can we say about their properties, reactivities, and applications? Let's find out!

A lawsuit alleges hackers tricked Microsoft users into handing over their login credentials, letting them access "highly sensitive information."

HEADLINE: Were two Americans poisoned in Moscow?<br/>
CAPTION: The U.S. Embassy on Wednesday confirmed that two American women had been hospitalized in Moscow for possible thallium poisoning<br/>. (March 7)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]