For most living things the color you see when you look at them is determined by pigments. But some of the most vivid colors we see in nature get their signature looks without colorful molecules. How ...

Artist Krista Timberlake was initially on her way to becoming a medical doctor when a college calculus course shifted her toward a more creative path. “While my high school studies were focused on the ...

Every living thing on Earth appears to carry a hidden shimmer, a vanishingly faint light that is woven into the chemistry of life itself. That glow is so weak that our eyes will never see it unaided, ...