People love the rainbow of ROYGBIV colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Human eyes perceive visible light as this array of colors. You may notice that some colors you can ...

Imagine a single tree producing a spectrum of colors every year, from brilliant reds to fiery oranges and golden yellows.

It’s that time of the year. The leaves are starting to change colors. This week the National Weather Service in Atlanta shared the satellite image above showing fall foliage changes in the Appalachian ...

Twelve colors and counting. The terminology associated with hydrogen—specifically, the use of color descriptors such as green, blue and gray—has become widespread in discussions about renewable energy ...

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water ...

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One of my favorite things about science is how a very simple question can lead you down a rabbit hole. Here’s one for you: What color is the sun? Most people, I’d wager, would say yellow. You probably ...