[Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they purchased a cheap ...

Betsy Mason is a freelance science journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area and co-founder of the Map Lab blog. She is the former science editor for WIRED.com. ... Read More What’s With the US ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A peacock spreading its feathers makes for a magnificent view. In fact, there are several videos on social media that show gorgeous displays of iridescent feathers by the bird. However, have you ever ...

Electron microscopes can allow you see incredibly small things using a beam of electrons rather than a beam of light. They can provide incredibly fine detail, hence why many scientists use them to ...

This image of the fearsome poison fangs of a centipede, magnified so that we can see every hair and battle scar, is one of the finalists in the annual Nikon Small World competition. Now in its ...

A video from Cambridge University's Under the Microscope series reveals a battle to the death between a white blood cell and a cancer cell. The T cell (green), which is only 10 microns long, ...