Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

It's often said that while leaning your arm out the window when driving can cause a nasty sunburn, you're fine if the windows are rolled up. But is it true?

Most people use too little SPF. Here’s the two-finger rule, the quarter-size guide, and the best ways to reapply over makeup.

If there were only one skin-care product you could buy, face sunscreen should be it. Along with helping you sidestep painful sunburns while lounging on the beach or doing outdoor workouts, it’s also ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. The ...

A newly studied ferroelectric crystal can tune and manipulate ultraviolet and blue light in ways that could transform integrated photonics.

Associate Professor Hanae Inami at the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center specializes in astronomy, with a particular focus on galaxies beyond the Milky Way — a field known as extragalactic ...

Skip the complicated regimens and expensive products seen on social media. The science of skin is deep but the ...

For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light emitted by trees during thunderstorms.

A dietitian ate mushrooms every day for a week and shared what it did to her body. Here, find the benefits of the fungi for ...

A study finds that while sunscreen costs hugely vary, lower-cost lotions can be just as effective in protecting against the ...