Only male crickets have wing structures that produce sound, but females are very good at following the signal.

Here’s a game: Tell a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add ‘1’ to whatever number they come up with and you’re sure to win.

Now out in space for more than two years, the James Webb Space Telescope is a stunningly sophisticated instrument.

It’s common to see solar panels on rooftops and fields, but they aren’t widespread on cars − yet.

Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that soil healthy for growing everything from food to forests.

People have been flying airplanes for well over a century. Engineers know how to balance all the forces at play, but still aren’t exactly sure how some of the physics of flight actually works.

Trees – and all plants – harvest sunlight to gain the energy they need to live and grow.

A queen’s main job in the hive is to lay eggs and pass genes on to offspring. But many bee species do just fine without queens or big colonies.

There are an infinite number of paths an ice crystal can take before you touch it.

Humans have synced their calendars to the sun and moon for centuries, but every so often, these systems need a little correction.