A Moment of Science Indiana Public Media

Fingerprints might be unique to one person, but they aren't unique to one species.

Have you ever made rice that was perfectly fluffy and then the next day, taken it out of the fridge only to find it hard and crumbly?

Normally, when tissue gets injured, cells start replicating and make new tissue. But what about the heart?

In a letter written in 1761, Benjamin Franklin tells how he collected some little squares of broadcloth. Franklin wanted to demonstrate that these colors would absorb different amounts of light from the sun and convert the light to different amounts of heat.

Just like Goldilocks, humans have searched for a place that's "just right" to live in. That's not the same for all species, though.

We usually think of paint as a substance that adds color to things. But, from a physical point of view, paint works by taking colors away.