A marathon is a 26.2 mile (42 kilometer) running race. It is a hard race. Runners must not only be fast, but they must be strong enough to keep their speed up over a very long distance. The Chicago ...

A new study shows that bumblebees can use objects around them to solve a challenging puzzle they’ve never seen before. The results suggest that even though bumblebees have tiny brains, they can think ...

Scientists in California have created a new material that can remove large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. The fluffy yellow powder works faster than other materials and can be used over ...

Scientists have found that floating solar panels could provide a huge amount of electricity if they were placed on lakes and other bodies of water around the world. Floating solar panels could also ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird is an albatross named Wisdom. She’s around 74 years old, and has recently returned to her nesting place in the Midway Atoll. Wisdom may be old, but she’s still ...

Australian scientists have come up with a clever way to study hard-to-reach areas of the sea floor: they attached cameras to sea lions. The resulting videos have given scientists new information about ...

Today, the world-famous musical group the Beatles are releasing a new song. It’s called “Now and Then”. The “new” song was written around 45 years ago, and has taken a very long time to finish. It’s ...

Scientists have used clever methods to discover a hidden corridor (hallway) inside the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The 30-foot (9-meter) long corridor could lead to new discoveries about the ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have developed some of the world’s smallest robots. The tiny, light-powered robots are smaller than a grain of salt. But they have a built-in computer and ...

A tiny mouse at the San Diego Zoo has set a new world record for the oldest known living mouse. The mouse, named Pat, turned nine years and 209 days old last Wednesday. Pat is a Pacific pocket mouse, ...

Scientists have known for years that plants respond to sounds around them. For example, flowers make sweeter nectar to the sound of buzzing bees. But now scientists in Israel have shown that plants ...

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have invented a new way to make electricity. Their method uses super-tiny holes to make electricity from moisture in the air. The ...