Discover the challenges and wonders of exploring a cave over a mile deep in this first-hand account.

Discover the challenges and wonders of exploring a cave over a mile deep in this first-hand account.
How did prehistoric wolves gradually become domesticated dogs? The authors of the book The Genius of Dogs offer their view.
2014 may have previously been the hottest year on record, but 2015 shattered that record. Read an analysis of these unwelcome superlatives.
Read about how the famed scientist Marie Curie made her own path to greatness.
How can the wind blowing thousands of miles away over the Pacific Ocean affect our everyday lives in the United States? Watch this video to find out.
Each new report of a shark attack puts ocean swimmers on edge, but an ichthyologist (that’s a fish expert) provides some tips to help humans avoid unwanted encounters.
Do socially beneficial actions in our closest cousins reflect how humans evolved a sense of morality? Primatologist Frans de Waal thinks so.
Read about how an art installation called Tree Logic makes the author and her coworkers feel as they pass it daily.
What would it take and how long might it take to transform another planet where people, plants and animals can survive?
In this video, mountain climber Alan Arnette describes some of the risks of climbing Mt. Everest and compares it to other dangerous summits around the world.
Read about the psychopathic traits that help individuals succeed.
During a visit to Yosemite to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, President Obama recalled the wonder he felt visiting Yellowstone as a child and argued the importance of preserving natural spaces.
Parents do not understand the risks teens take. Scientists say that because the brain is changing and maturing into adulthood, teen brains cause adolescents to behave differently.
Honeybees communicate where a nectar source is by dancing. Learn how they tell the bee colony.
Sleep researchers found that when you try to sleep in a new place, half of your brain stays alert to danger. Find out why poor sleep in strange surroundings is due to fear.
Find out how the Monarch butterfly flies 5,000km in just two months using their internal “GPS”.
What could a sea bass have to do with our perception of time? Check out this short BrainCraft video to find out!
Being aware that there is a potential risk of getting into difficulties and knowing what to do when things go wrong could save a diver’s life.
Four Irish students from a school in Co. Clare beat 4,000 other students from around the world to scoop the NASA prize at the International Space Development Conference in Puerto Rico.
Yellow is yellow, right? Apparently not! As each season changes the colors in our natural environment, how we identify colors also changes.