Everyday Science

A 10-second makeout session can also transfer some 80 million oral bacteria. Dina Fine Maron reports

I came across these incredible videos by John J. King II (AleutianDream on YouTube) and I just had to share them. These snorkelers are in such close and peaceful contact with wild humpbacks and sperm whales in waters near the Dominican Republic, and Dominica respectively.

Rep. Rush Holt on science in Congress: “There are some real frustrations. I’ll leave it at that”

What do coins, a Wii remote, or card games have to do with science? More than you might think. Scientific instruments are devices specifically designed to measure the subject of your research reliably and accurately.

As a nation's population ages, more and more older people may draw from support systems such as Social Security, yet fewer workers may be around to pay into those systems.

Even as the world continues to spew more carbon pollution, change has begun—and is accelerating

One of the most spectacular and visually fascinating Tet Zoo-related books of recent-ish months is Chet Van Duzer's Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, published in 2013 by the British Library.

When you think about the job of a scientist, what images come into your mind? A chemist wearing a lab coat surrounded by beakers? A geologist out studying rocks in the desert?

Alcohol's supposed benefit to the heart may only be available to people with the right genes. Christopher Intagliata reports

Those who responded to our call for images of obscure, obsolete devices did not disappoint. Here are our favorites
 

A musical physics project from Science Buddies

A turning point has been reached in the world's bid to curb global warming