Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

Here’s an intriguing quirk of the human body that may change how you think about your height: you’re typically a little taller in the morning than you are by the end of the day.

Results of the 14th annual Cool Science Image Contest were announced on Wednesday with winners selected from a pool of entries that include University of Wisconsin faculty, professors and students.