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

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 ...

A man asked Reddit if he was wrong for telling his wife that her role as a stay-at-home mom wasn't as hard as his job in ...

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

For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with ...

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 ...

In honor of the birthday of Albert Michelson, who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in physics, a small, ...

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