Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

Sometimes, research can lead us down crazy paths. We may discover things we didn’t know existed or learn more about something we thought we’d figured out — and what we thought we knew can be turned ...

Thousands of metres below the surface, scientists are still finding animals they have never seen before.

Humans are having a devastating effect on biodiversity, but the impacts might be worse than we thought. New research has found that undescribed species of beetles were much more sensitive to habitat ...