Sperm are such great swimmers because of a slender flagellum that ripples like a living whip, trading brute force for ...

Human sperm have long been a subject of fascination—not just for their role in fertilization, but for their remarkable ...

A new laboratory experiment uses a water tornado to simulate key processes in planet formation within protoplanetary discs.

A new laboratory experiment uses a water vortex to investigate how planets form from material in protoplanetary gas and dust ...

For decades, scientists have hunted for materials that defy conventional ideas of magnetism. Most magnetic materials, like the ones found in fridge magnets, behave in predictable ways. Their atomic ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...