Scientists say methane bursts from the ocean floor could explain long-standing disappearances once blamed on mystery and myth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the unexplained happens, it's easy to let your imagination run wild with thoughts of ghosts, UFOs, and mysterious creatures ...

We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of questions we think matter—is shaped by something far older than the scientific ...

After centuries of mystery, scientists may have finally discovered an explanation behind the feeling of déjà vu we as humans often experience. While sometimes believed to be supernatural by many in ...

Last semester, an online user by the name of “sowhere” commented on my article (“On Abortion,” Apr. 15) asking “Why this though? … There are pressing, real-world developments on this issue, and yet ...

Across nine online experiments, the researchers presented nearly 6,700 participants with explanations of scientific phenomena that varied by quality (whether the explanation was circular, meaning that ...

A multi-institutional team of environmental scientists and physical limnologists has found a scientific explanation for Jesus' "miraculous catch of fish" that does not involve miracles. The research ...