This story begins like all good ones do, with a 66-year-old man standing on stage, dressed as a goat.

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Americans need a less toxic approach to managing the most common cockroaches, which are evolving resistance to store-bought insecticides.

A German anatomist analyzed a photograph of Bach’s skeleton, to calculate the composer’s impressive reach at the keyboard.

Can the cruise industry hit its carbon-neutral targets? A new generation of ultra-low emission vessels may hold the answer.

Scientists are using lasers, satellites and even sound to determine what is falling from the sky—but the best tool may still be the human eye.

Not only do women get more migraines than men, but a new study shows they also experience them for a longer duration.

The founder of this increasingly popular international competition explains the rules and his hopes for the game's future.