It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists, so I believed it without question. I...

Do you want to know how some of Earth's most fascinating mysteries have been solved by science? Join us and learn about 5 thought-to-be unexplainable mysteries—explained! Hosted by Hank Green.

You may have thought that crocodile tears were just a figure of speech, but it turns out they're real, and may help those of us with dry eyes.

You may have thought that crocodile tears were just a figure of speech, but it turns out they're real, and may help those of us with dry eyes.

The world doesn't have to be shrouded in mystery to be fascinating! Here are 6 mysteries that science has managed to solve.

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Howcast - Learn five tips about alligator care from reptile and amphibian expert Jungle Bob in this Howcast video.

An urban legend that exploits our fears of an obstructed gaze and the deeply unsettling idea that the youngest of our species are out to destroy us, the lore of Black-Eyed Children, or Black-Eyed Kids, is a modern construction. But the...

The “Terror of the Plain,” this emaciated, whistling devil is cursed to wander the South American countryside carrying the bones of his victims. Intimately tied to the cattle ranching history of Latin America, the myth of El Silbón...

Urban legend holds that in 1954 a man arrived in Tokyo International Airport. He hands over his passport, filled with stamps from all the countries he’s visited, but the passport was issued… in Taured. Security pulls him aside and asks...

Ring-a-round the rosie - A pocket full of posies - Ashes! Ashes! - We all fall down. Some believe that the popular rhyme dates back to the children who lived through the Black Death; the bubonic plague that decimated Europe in the 17th...

Ring-a-round the rosie - A pocket full of posies - Ashes! Ashes! - We all fall down. Some believe that the popular rhyme dates back to the children who lived through the Black Death; the bubonic plague that decimated Europe in the 17th...