WXMI — In our science experiment today, we look at a disappearing coin trick, which really is no trick at all. It illustrates density and refraction. Some things are more dense (or heavier) than other ...

Scientists have ample evidence to prove the Earth is a sphere. But some social media users claim to have devised an experiment showing the earth is flat. The post shows a green laser beam projected ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Without light, we can't have sight. We see objects because of how light interacts with those objects, our eyes pick up that light, and our brains interpret it. This seems rather ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

What color is the coronavirus? Conventional optical microscopes are unable to generate high-resolution, colored images of viruses and bacteria. Expensive equipment is used to view them in a more real ...

What looks like magic is often just a rule of physics or chemistry doing its job. Invisible ink turning brown, colours swirling on milk, water climbing uphill — it all feels like sorcery until you ...