From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks ...

But the simple relationship between any object's surface area and volume infiltrates every field of science and engineering. It's a major factor in the shape and size of everything from plants and ...

A new study has used cutting-edge 3D modeling to confirm that sharks follow the "two-thirds scaling law" almost perfectly, ...

a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Dan Boyce, was originally published by Colorado Public Radio. The surface area of Colorado is 104 ...

Using principles from rocket science, researchers have created carbon with a record-breaking surface area. The material can soak up about twice the amount of CO2 as current activated carbon ...