Kids of all ages and sizes got a chance to get dirty at the Kurth Memorial Library Yuck! Slime Show Friday morning. Show host Brian Whittington began the show by splitting the room into a red team and ...

Fun will take a disgusting turn — on purpose — at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center starting this weekend with the Saturday opening of an exhibit based on author and science teacher Sylvia Branzei’s ...

Didymo, also known as "rock snot," is a type of freshwater algae that clumps on rocks and invades river bottoms. A didymo mat several centimeters thick covers the rocky substrate of the crystal clear ...

At a microbiology conference, a scientist was giving a lecture about the microbiome–the microbes that live harmlessly inside of us. She described one unusual case she was involved in where a doctor ...

If one were to suggest that wastewater could be used as an efficient source of fresh water, a likely rejoinder would be serious doubt and, at the very least, a pinched face and a declaration along the ...