A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebralike stripes on cows reduced fly bites are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels.

It’s a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn’t matter to Duncan MacDougall. In the ...

The water off Santa Monica is going pink, and it's not because a certain blockbuster film is getting a sequel. The reason is more scientific. UCLA is conducting an experiment on the breakwater that ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange ...