In a year marked by political attacks, the LGBTQ+ community transforms fear into struggle and uncertainty into hope.

Artificial light at night impacts everyone - not just shift workers - by disrupting the body’s natural circadian rhythm.

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A protein called cryorhodopsin, a molecule found in the coldest environments on Earth, may hold the key to manipulating human ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a “rainbow” creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about it caught the ...

What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

A new nanometer-scale measurement tool exploits the quantum properties of light for better precision and speed by Maddie Stover, University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering ...

Ever noticed rainbow colors on a CD? Learn why CDs reflect light this way and the science behind those dazzling patterns.

Isaac Newton loved experiments. During an experiment with prisms, he discovered that a rainbow had several colors in it (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). Since these are the only ...

This is true, but the human brain and visual system can perceive more colors than are found in a spectrum or rainbow.

Rainbow Brite first appeared as a character on Hallmark greeting cards 40 years ago. Then, the original Rainbow Brite TV series aired from 1984 to 1986, beginning with a slew of TV specials.