sciencealert.com / .sciencealert-com / Page 5

If you're sick of your dead-straight hair or untameable curls, the blame doesn't start with your wash and dry routine, or even the temperature or humidity of your surroundings.

From the beloved vanilla orchid, whose pods flavor many of our favorite desserts, to the nose-twisting corpse flower, whose gigantic flower draws crowds with every fetid bloom, even the world's most treasured flowering plants are in grave danger.

Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge potential to scientists - but they're usually also incredibly delicate, and require ultra-low temperatures to exist and function.

A gruesome monument has emerged from the ground where a new railway track is to be laid in Mexico.

Earth's climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected.

The phrase "I could die of happiness" is not meant to be taken literally.

If you're looking for ways to maximize your time in this world, the advice can be overwhelming.

This week in science: Surprisingly tiny T.

Summer just feels like a healthier season - plenty of daylight after work to play soccer or picnic in the park, beach days, and a free boost of vitamin D from all that extra sunshine.

Scientists have just discovered the Milky Way's equivalent of a giant fake mustache.