Science

It’s showing up in toothpaste, shampoos, wellness products and even in our food. Companies tout the ingredient as a cure-all....

If you love the scent that always follows a rainfall, thank chemistry.

If nothing is done, the kiwi bird could be gone in 50 years. But New Zealand has a plan to...

From hot tubs to helicopter rides, these unique vantage points of nature's most spectacular light show will blow your mind.

Wondering why your asthma medication isn't working? Perhaps it's because you're suffering from a different condition altogether.

Photographer David Hoskin of Halifax focuses his attention—and his camera—on the heavens.

Ever wonder why you hit it off with certain people, forming close bonds that can last a lifetime? It turns...

A mysterious parasite is killing Cape Breton’s oysters. Now scientists and Indigenous harvesters may have discovered a solution to save...

Only 10 per cent of the population is left-handed. While there may not be many of them, being left-handed sure...

From social media to reality shows, here’s how ocean researchers are unravelling the mysteries of the world’s most notorious predator.

Learn how new discoveries about dogs' ability to detect disease will revolutionize medicine.

From strange lightning strike rashes to exploding trees, these facts about lightning will, well, shock you.

Before 2018, only 15 triple organ transplants—heart, liver and kidney—had ever been performed in the United States. Then, over the...

2021 marks the 100th anniversary of Banting and Best's discovery of insulin—a groundbreaking drug that changed diabetes from a death...

The real reason behind phantoms is far from menacing.

The U.S. government has been keeping an eye on unidentified flying objects for decades. Here’s everything they’ve been keeping from...

Lots of unidentified flying objects turn out to be weather balloons, clouds, or planes, but these particular sightings can’t be...

There's a first for everything—and sometimes, when we're lucky enough, it gets caught on film.

There’s a name for that space between your nose and eyebrows!

We've rounded-up 10 thrillers, comedies and romances to help you grapple with the big question: would you change the past...

As hotels look to welcome guests in a post-coronavirus world, measures to improve cleanliness and limit contact are top of...

First it was joint pain, then the patient's digestive and immune systems stopped working normally. The worst part? Doctors couldn't...

Is it bad to leave your phone plugged in overnight? Do you have to wait until your battery dies to...