Every generation grows up with starships that jump across galaxies in a heartbeat, but the real universe is far less ...

By borrowing ideas from classical physics, market behaviour can be broken down into a few intuitive laws that explain why ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense ...

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...

Default motion smoothing causes the unnatural "soap opera effect." Experts recommend turning off motion smoothing for most movies and shows. Motion smoothing improves fast-paced action like sports and ...

Researchers from TUM, working at CERN, have made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how deuterons are formed. Another long-standing question in particle physics has been answered. Scientists ...

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

A new concept for energy transfer between gravitational waves and light. When massive cosmic objects such as black holes merge or neutron stars crash into one another, they can produce gravitational ...

A reader of mine sent me an email that impressed me with the writer's poignant plea: "How do I stop being a narcissist?" "I can't be the only person who is aware of narcissistic traits without any ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...