If you’ve ever transported helium balloons in your car, perhaps courtesy of a small child who won’t let you store them in the trunk, you
The most common lithium-ion batteries suffer a previously unknown form of degradation when they run very low on charge, making it a good idea to
Uranus has not had a whole lot of love from NASA and has been explored by a probe only once. Voyager 2 sent back spectacular
A new species of plant has been discovered in eastern Peninsular Malaysia and researchers believe it is already critically endangered. The new plant has been
Everyone knows about rain, snow, sleet, and hail, but don’t forget about their lesser-known cousin: freezing rain. This rare and fascinating type of precipitation occurs
A new study may have helped explain part of the enduring mystery of how animals evolved our buttholes. We take our own anuses for granted.
You wake suddenly in the night and find yourself facing a shadowy figure. It looms over you, the eery silhouette topped with what looks like
Since January 20, Trump, Musk, and the other members of the administration have been constantly attacking scientific knowledge, scientific methods, and scientific institutions. A group
China has struck black-gold after discovering 100 million tons of oil beneath the seabed. A major oilfield, called Huizhou 19-6, was recently found in the
When futurists of the past envisioned 21st-century healthcare, it often came with some loss of humanity. The Six-Million-Dollar Man, for example; Robocop; Victor Stone –
Issue 33 (April 2025) of CURIOUS is out now, bringing you science highlights for the month plus deep dives into intriguing topics, interviews, exclusives, diary
We like to think of ourselves as living in a rational, enlightened time – but when it comes to death, all bets are off. Superstitions
Scuba divers have supplied scientists with 13 film clips and three detailed descriptions of coral reef fish using rocks as anvils to break open hard-shelled
When a comet starts to approach the Sun or a planet is newly discovered orbiting another star, one of astronomers’ most important questions is how
There are, Mark Twain was famously fond of declaring, three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. It’s a succinct summation of something we’re
Off the coast of Brazil, just over 96 kilometers (90 miles) from São Paulo, sits an island that could be considered heaven to some, but
Quantum computers have the potential to do things that not even the most powerful supercomputer can do, but the road to get there is far
