The idea of relative motion is an aspect of the theory of relativity (strictly, it’s Galilean relativity, rather than ...

It was the image that launched a cultural icon. In 1967, in the northern Californian woods, a seven foot tall, ape-like creature covered in black fur and walking upright was captured on camera, at one ...

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These interesting facts about the moon might make you look at the night sky a little differently Unusual moon facts worth knowing How many facts about the moon do you know? There are so many ...

Training at West Point reinforced the importance of mentorship and the humanistic dimensions of medical practice.

As snow powers the winter Olympic games, you probably underestimate the simple snowflake. For starters, snow isn't technically white.

For obvious reasons, it would be useful to predict when an earthquake is going to occur. It has long been suspected that large quakes in the Himalayas follow a fairly predictable cycle, but nature, as ...

New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that ...

For decades, cobalt has served as a benchmark ferromagnet. Its crystal structure and magnetic properties have been extensively documented. However, the new findings show that cobalt hosts a rich ...

A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet?