Beneath the surface of the snow, many invisible things are happening. Very thin layers of snow, called fragile layers, sometimes form without any external signs...
In some marine algae, the ability to produce light, or bioluminescence, comes from unicellular organisms called dinoflagellates. These tiny creatures use a very specific chemical...
For a solar eclipse to occur, the Moon, the Earth, and the Sun must be exactly aligned. It sounds simple like that, but in reality, it is...
In the early morning, the rays of the sun gently warm the air and the surface of the earth, gradually triggering the evaporation of the...
In the time of Marie Curie, female scientists were truly uncommon. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, society...
The color of the sky mainly varies due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. It’s a simple physical effect: when sunlight enters the atmosphere, it...
Animal growth is primarily a matter of cellular multiplication. Essentially, a young animal grows because its cells are rapidly dividing to create new ones. You...
When you crumple a piece of paper, you profoundly change its internal structure: the fibers that formed a well-aligned structure bend, intertwine, and press against...
Bees use dance as a true living GPS: it allows scouting worker bees to precisely indicate to others where to find food. Through their little...
When it rains, lots of tiny droplets of water fall through the air. These droplets reflect and scatter sound waves, much like a ball bouncing...
