Diwali’s glow is more than symbolic, it measurably lifts moods, strengthens communities, and connects cultures worldwide. The post The Science and Symbolism of Light in Diwali appeared first on FODMAP ...

The April 2024 total solar eclipse caused some birds to believe that a new day had arrived, prompting them to burst into song, a new study found.

Scientists directly observed dark excitons in atomically thin materials, revealing how they evolve and paving the way for ...

"The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice" looks at ancient sediment pulled from beneath ice sheet that was stored at ...

In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter ...

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision ...

Evil. Death. Danger. For centuries, the dark has carried slander: sinister figures, black cats slipping across the path, ghost stories, and hellscapes. But it wasn’t always so. For most of history, ...

For decades, astronomers have searched for something they cannot see. They call it dark matter—an invisible substance thought to make up most of the universe’s mass, sculpting galaxies and clusters ...

JWST might have spotted the 'smoking gun' of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant Universe.

High school senior Sara DeVolld is finding her own way to brighten the world - one stitch at a time. The teen from Alaska is creating clothing to combat the prolonged darkness in her state and the ...