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Like pals Paul McCartney or John Lennon, Harvard researcher Mark Glickman and fellow Beatles fan Jason Brown came together to solve a question many loyal listeners have asked over the years: who was the lyricist to the band's biggest hits?

The famous ancient site at Stonehenge may have been built using Greek philosopher Pythagoras’ famous theorem two millennia before the mathematical equation was developed, experts say.

Tributes are pouring in for famed physicist Stephen Hawking, who died early on Wednesday. He was 76 years of age.

Tsunamis are among the deadliest forces in nature.

A bound copy of Sir Isaac Newton's seminal book on mathematics and science was sold for $3.7 million, making it the most expensive printed scientific book ever sold at auction.

It turns out that the saying “cry me a river” suggests a task that couldn’t be accomplished even if everyone on the planet worked together to accomplish it.

When it comes to education reform in the United States, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is the term that is usually at the tip of the tongue of every policy maker, teacher, or school advocate. For its detractors, STEM is a buzzword for more standardized tests or a de-emphasis on humanities education. For its proponents, STEM signifies an increased dedication to making American schools globally competitive — preparing students for a job market that is becoming increasingly more reliant on science and technology skills.

With thousands of planets outside Earth's solar system, there's a pretty good chance that some of them have the conditions needed for life.

Quantum mechanics is one of the best-tested theories in science, and it's one of the few where physicists get to do experiments proving that Einstein was wrong

The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall can influence each other and synchronize over time may hold even more secrets than previously thought, researchers say