Rainbows form when a unique combination of meteorological and atmospheric conditions come together at the perfect time, and while folklore speaks of a pot of gold at the end, science reveals rainbows ...

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, the prevailing guide to thinking about nature was the so-called "ladder of life," also known as scala naturae. This idea imagines that living species ...

Laughing and Crying, a documentary from The Nature of Things ... but there are lots of myths out there about laughing and crying. Researchers like Robert Provine, a neuroscientist and professor ...

Academics may be tempted to wonder whether those who continue to spread this stubborn myth really do use less of their brains than the rest of us. A more optimistic view, however, is that brain ...

Through his works, Chang creates a middle ground between fact and fiction, deftly blending the larger-than-life myths passed down ... between ritual and nature. “In Thinking Like A Mountain ...

If you were in an airplane, you might even see a complete circular rainbow. While science may have debunked the myth of a pot of gold, that doesn’t make rainbows any less magical. Whether seen ...