The death of a character can hardly be avoided by screenwriters: sooner or later a popular character has to get killed off. Even in the successful medical drama Grey's Anatomy fans have had to say ...

Every skin type needs hydration to function optimally, and while there's no shortage of products available that can provide that basic benefit, not every moisture-boosting formula is one-size-fits-all ...

Funding fossils can tell us a whole lot about the creatures that lived on our planet millions of years ago, but observing the bones and skin can only tell us so much. That’s why this 520 million year ...

Of the thousands of different types of fish, only five can produce electricity. Best known of these is the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), a brownish-grey, snake-like creature that is not an ...

Man is not the only animal which can produce electricity. No insect, no bird, no other mammal can, but five fishes are living dynamos. Of these the biggest and most potent is the electric eel ...

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It’s 95 times the ...

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...

When scientists attempt to transfer genetic material into an organism, they often use an electric field, a technique called "electroporation," that makes cell walls more permeable. This sophisticated ...