A Moment of Science

While their use has been popularized by Hollywood in countless medical dramas, the defibrillator isn't actually the miracle machine it's made out to be.

Human cultures often benefit from their influence on each other, and scientists wondered if the same can be said for birds. Today's A Moment of Science has more on this research into the social lives of great tits.

Single-celled organisms were present on the Earth long before more intelligent life began. Finding fossils of these past life forms on Earth could help scientists looking for former life on Mars.

Why do sore throats hurt? Today's A Moment of Science looks closer at this pesky sickness and a few potential methods for relief.

Why do we get brain freeze, and always at the least convenient times? Today's A Moment of Science looks closer at this headache.

We're pretty familiar with terms such as 'cold-blooded' and 'warm-blooded,' but they're not the most accurate descriptions for what actually goes on inside bodies.

Scientists have found evidence of microbial life in all of Earth's environments, but does that mean life can truly exist under any conditions? New research looks at the extreme environment of Antarctica for answers.

It's not uncommon to see a deer fawn alone, and sometimes our first assumption is it was abandoned by its parents. Today's A Moment of Science explains how that probably isn't the case.

Having red hair is incredibly rare, and could signal other unique differences your body has. Learn more about the relationship between hair color and pain tolerance with today's A Moment of Science.

Eggs change from a liquid-like state to practically solid the longer you cook them, but why is that?

Goldilocks might have been a sensitive character in a fairytale, but the goby fish can be just as picky when finding a bed. Learn more about Goby-locks with today's A Moment of Science.

When Benjamin Franklin was researching how heat and cold are conducted, he performed some interesting experiments using cold hard cash. Learn more with today's A Moment of Science.

In the 1600s, many people believed the stars produced musical vibrations. While it's true stars vibrate, they don't produce any sound. Asteroseismology still uses these vibrations to learn more about the cosmos.

Seeing astronauts floating weightless is a commonly known image, but that weightlessness is different from actual zero gravity. Does zero gravity even exist?

All modern humans belong to the same species, but that doesn't mean we were the only species. Scientists may have recently found a new member of our extended family.

Ice cubes always seem to be slightly cloudy in the middle. Why is that, and is it possible to avoid?

Usually, operating with a "veil of ignorance" has few benefits. Researchers studying mongooses found that this might not always be the case in the animal kingdom.

When confronted with something new, we often try to determine the potential risk associated with it. Today's A Moment of Science provides suggestions when determining your own risk assessment.

In a hundred tosses of a coin, you expect about fifty heads. But do those odds change depending on what previous coin toss results were?

Research shows there are multiple benefits for babies who are read to at a young age.

There's more than just one way to move around in the water, and this beetle has found one of the more unique modes of transportation.

A staple of Southern cuisine, hill rice, was thought to be lost from the US. Finding it again has been an important development for geneticists and horticulturalists alike.

Weather reports usually come from a measurement at least six feet off the ground. While that reading is accurate, it doesn't show the full story of temperatures closer to the ground.

Zebra finches are among one finch species known to use bird incubation calls, a distinctive sound used only around the time of eggs hatching.

Researchers looked into further understanding a set of proteins known as the Yamanaka factors, hopefully leading to advancements in restoring muscle mass and strength as we age.