
The Great Wide World of “Huh?” [Interactive]
Languages all over the world have a word similar to "huh?" that helps speakers repair a conversation after an utterance misses its mark. Tap on the blue dots to hear audio samples...
Languages all over the world have a word similar to "huh?" that helps speakers repair a conversation after an utterance misses its mark. Tap on the blue dots to hear audio samples...
Explore more than one hundred recollections from early childhood
Crystallography tells us how atoms are arranged in solids and is essential for our understanding of the material world. This timeline is an adaptation of Nature Milestones in Crystallography , a project to highlight the field's defining moments...
An interactive graphic charts the location and distance to 861 known exoplanets, highlighting those that might hold life
What makes one country better than another in science?
Scientists link common flavor compounds across the world's favorite ingredients
Gas, liquid or solid, radioactive or stable, reactive or inert, toxic or innocuous, see what makes your favorite element unique
A Russian procedure developed in the 1950s gave those with crippling disabilities hope--if they could handle the pain
Arguments over whether high-tech attire gives swimmers an unfair advantage have been waged for 80 years
Need something to watch? Automated machine-learning systems break movies apart to help you find the best films
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