More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...

A science experiment shows how a special lens bends light in a way that hides objects from view, explaining the physics ...

The idea that a penny dropped from a skyscraper could be deadly has been repeated for decades. Physics tells a different story, showing how air resistance, mass, and terminal velocity limit what a ...

An astronaut on the ISS photographed a "lunar halo" over the Indian Ocean, revealing ice and rare optical phenomena from ...

In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA consultant.

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...

Higher education’s maximally inclusive approach to disability is resulting in a two-speed student population and ...

The irrationality of antizionist hate is the latest chapter in a millennia-old pattern of rationalized malice. Proponents flood the public square with fabrications they cannot validate, aiming to ...

Friendslop isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Here’s The Escapist’s top 5 friendslop games to enjoy over Christmas with your ...

YoungHoon Kim, the world's smartest man with an IQ of 276, reveals his mathematical proof for God's existence and explains ...

With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist ...