Computer animators and video game designers may soon have a better way to create the purple-green sheen of a grackle's wing, or the pink flash on a ...

With the Houston area in the frigid grip of a rare winter storm, it may seem like only snow and sleet are falling across the ...

You set up your bird feeder with eager anticipation. But no birds came to your feeder. Or, birds came for a while, but then ...

Learn the different kratom strains and their potential effects. Find the perfect strain for your specific needs and learn how ...

Cartridge ammunition, developed in the mid-19th century, allowed different types of shotgun actions to evolve. Before that time, all shotguns were muzzleloaders. Self-contained shotgun shells made ...

There are about 8.2 billion people in the world, each with their own hopes for the coming year. So as I did for my turn-of-the-year letters last year and the year before, I asked a variety of ...

Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives and due to many types of drug addictions. Since 2000, there have been 700,000 overdose deaths ...

The debate about whether (and, if so, how) animals think is an ancient one. Aristotle considered it important enough to write ...

Umami is present in almost all savoury foods and is one of the five primary human tastes, along with salty, sweet, bitter and sour. It is often conspicuous by its absence, like the lack of meat ...