A staple for summertime activities- fireworks! Where do they get their characteristic color from? I traveled down to the ...

A newly developed framework for understanding the photoproperties of both natural organic matter and eumelanin, a natural ...

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250 t h birthday of the United States—and the show even ...

We asked a range of luminaries who their favorite American is. The answers included scientists, playwrights, pop stars, ...

For the last Junior Saints of this school year, students were invited to draw a picture of a man or a woman who made history ...

Under pressure from Trump’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ plan, candy maker Mars is scrambling to source natural food dyes.

Since this is our big birthday, I wanted my annual Fourth of July list to be something not only historical but encompassing. So I decided to do the mother of all Cueball lists, and name the 10 ...

Scientists have developed a color-changing tactile sensor that lets robots visualize touch in real time, paving the way for more precise manufacturing, prosthetics, and robotic surgery.

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular red, white, and blue view of one of the Milky Way's oldest star clusters to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary. Hidden within the ancient ...

Despite political division and angst in pursuing a more perfect union, America has a lot to be thankful for. Here are 250 ...

In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ...