SuperShe Island, a private women-only retreat off the coast of Finland, blends Nordic nature with wellness-focused living.

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain around and through the 1800s. The ...

Students spend two days a week conducting research on Long Island Sound, which culminates with a presentation on their ...

A simple explanation of dark matter and antimatter, how they differ, how scientists study them, and why both are important to understanding the universe.

The setup of the experiment in the optical lab, with the semiconductor crystal containing the double slits in the centre. Credit: Leiden University. More than 200 years ago, physicist Thomas Young ...

TL;DR: This experiment may not revolutionize telecommunications, but it highlights how accessible these concepts have become outside traditional research labs. Using nothing more than an iPad, a solar ...

I excitedly anticipated many albums that came out in late August. Projects like the long-awaited Solar Power by Lorde, another album from sad girl superstar Lana Del Rey (which has yet to appear), and ...

Scientific American is the authority on science and technology for a general audience, with coverage that explains how research changes our understanding of the world and shapes our lives. First ...

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The cells in your ears aren’t the only ones listening: recent research suggests that crucial cells throughout the body may respond to audible sound. Experiments described in Communications Biology ...

Brian Anderson’s ‘Loud and Clear’ captures the strenuous work, psychedelic vision and lasting influence of the band’s most audacious sound-system experiment. By Noah Eckstein When journalist Brian ...