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If you've ever had bronchitis, laryngitis, or any other –itis, chances are you've taken some antibiotics. Did you know that little pill you took was studied for more than ten years before it made...

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." It's a saying we're sure you've heard before and it certainly applies to science and engineering. Let's take a look at a private spaceflight company...

Look down at the ground you're standing on. What do you think is below it? A magical world made of candy and cake? Different colored layers of fire? Vast nothingness with a tiny little bouncy ball...

One of the biggest challenges scientists and engineers face is coming up with solutions to our environmental problems that make sense to everybody. Whether the problem is preserving habitat for cav...

The human body is a wondrous machine, breathing, burping, hiccupping, and hurdling through everything life throws at it. Much of the amazingness of our body's daily business is going on beneath our...

The scientific method isn't just for scientists. Detectives think it's pretty handy, too. The scientific method gives detectives a way to collect and think about evidence to solve a crime as quickl...