It was a calm and clear afternoon when the Edmund Fitzgerald left port in Superior, Wisconsin, on November 9, 1975. The ...

“The reason why you might think someone’s always watching you is because you’re getting high electromagnetic frequencies off ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

Rachna Vinod There are inventions that dazzle with their size, their shine, or their sheer spectacle. But some enter our ...

Why do so many turn to quantum physics to explain mystical experiences? This post explores how Quantum Field Theory has become our modern myth—a mirror for the mysteries of mind and matter.

A hotel manager's glimpse of something strange in 1933 helped to create a modern monster myth. In 1987, the BBC reported on the scientists who used sonar to hunt for Nessie.

Sixty-seven million-year-old fossil fish discovered in Canada have complex middle ear bones — a Weberian apparatus — found in two-thirds of all freshwater fish species today. The structures give these ...

Everyone else in the family loves these foods, but for whatever reason, they just don't sit right with The Takeout staff.

Neuroscientists probing the boundary between sleep and awareness are finding many types of liminal states, which help explain ...

The mystery surrounding the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has deepened dramatically following bombshell claims from a person ...

When hurricanes pass over the ocean they churn up creatures from the deep – a chance to feast for predators brave enough to ...

Federal funding has long played a crucial role in supporting research at Duke, a point underscored in a 1989 letter to the ...