1. Question: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal? Answer: -40 degrees. 103. Question: How many planets can be seen from Earth without a telescope? Answer: Five (Mercury, Venus, Mars, ...

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A few weeks ago, Dear Science featured news that some of you found alarming: You are an ape. That column addressed some common misconceptions about how humans emerged in response to a question about ...

What are some questions science can never answer? originally appeared on Quora - the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer ...

Are we nearing the end of science? That is, are we running out of answerable questions, leaving us with only some mop-up duty, working around the edges of the great scientific achievements of Darwin, ...

Science and politics do not always make great bedfellows. It's a topic we have explored a lot here at 13.7. As the past few decades have shown, science and technology have a potent power for rapidly ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Randall Munroe about his new book, "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions." So question for you. If you unleashed a ...

What do you mean you don’t know? Dardariel/Shutterstock If a child asked you how close an astronaut can get to the sun, the chances are you’d need a moment – or perhaps a search engine – to figure it ...