Life's Little Mysteries: Science questions, answered

Humans don't have hollow bones like birds do, so how big would our wings have to be to lift us off the ground?

Bats often hang upside down when they sleep instead of sitting right side up or lying down — why?

Organisms from three different natural kingdoms battle it out for the title "deadliest food."

The saying "weak in the knees" may be figurative for many, but can it really happen to people?

"Recycling" an already transplanted organ could help save lives, but the procedure comes with additional risks, physicians say.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Are UFO sightings a 20th-century phenomena, or did people report seeing them earlier in history?

Some say bay leaves are full of flavor, others call them a fraud.

In terms of both absolute length and relative to body size, which living animal has the longest tail?

An astronomer describes how the moon's surface temperature changes.