Barney the purple dinosaur was my first English teacher. Through songs, make-believe, and games, I learned how to greet people, ask kids if they wanted to play, and talk about the weather, which ...

A Cornell University team has created the darkest fabric ever made, inspired by the ultrablack plumage of the magnificent riflebird. By combining polydopamine dye with plasma-etched nanostructures, ...

Barney the purple dinosaur was my first English teacher. Through songs, make-believe and games, I learned how to greet people, ask kids if they wanted to play and talk about the weather, which turned ...

Adult male magnificent riflebirds have ultrablack feathers covering most of their bodies. Paul Maury / Cornell Lab of Ornithology The magnificent riflebird has a striking appearance. Adult males of ...

A rock art panel in southeastern Utah dating to the first millennium a.d. was made by the Basketmaker people. The panel depicts human-duck hybrid figures (center), as well as flute players, a duck, ...

Comedian Justin Moorhouse has announced the tragic death of his son. The stand-up, from Ashton-under-Lyne, took to social media to post the heartbreaking news about his son Barney. Justin, also known ...

Inspired by the feathers of a bird species whose plumage absorbs nearly all light, researchers at Cornell University have created a fabric that does the same. Their new material reflects only 0.13% of ...

It is common to say that something is as light as a feather in order to mean that something doesn’t weigh much at all. A group of researchers, however, has found that while all feathers are pretty ...

Along a remote highway in New Hampshire’s White Mountains … ... a long-limbed creature greets visitors at a gas station. Inside, it’s green (and pink and purple ...

The Barney Ford Lab for Civic Thought and Engagement is a social science lab with the mission of promoting research and education on how to be an engaged citizen in a pluralistic democracy. As part of ...