WeatherDecember 16Snowflake science explainedSnow is an all-too-familiar feature of the colder months across much of the U.S., but how much do you know about the science of snowflakes?
SCIENCEOctober 6Devastating Beirut blast was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, scientists sayThe massive blast that recently wrought devastation in Beirut was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, according to new research.
PhysicsSeptember 28Time travel 'theoretically possible,' study says: 'The math checks out'Marty McFly and Doc Brown may have traveled back in time and slightly altered their futures in the "Back to the Future" series, but a newly published study suggests paradox-free time travel is "theoretically possible."
SCIENCESeptember 9Devastating wildfire 'anatomy' explainedEvery year wildfires leave a trail of devastation across parts of the U.S.
PhysicsAugust 13Digital content will be half 'Earth's mass' by 2245 as 'information catastrophe' loomsDigital content is on track to equal half of Earth’s mass by 2245, according to new research.
SCIENCEJuly 30'Fool's gold' could actually be valuable in this way, researchers findResearchers at the University of Minnesota have found a way to make “fool’s gold” more attractive.
PhysicsMarch 11, 2020Did German physicists accidentally discover dark matter in 2014?Could we have already discovered dark matter?
PhysicsFebruary 18, 2020WWI helmets protect against shock waves as well as modern helmets, scientists discoverScientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I helmets perform remarkably well against shock waves compared to their modern high-tech counterparts.
PhysicsJanuary 6, 2020There's a giant mystery hiding inside every atom in the universeNo one really knows what happens inside an atom. But two competing groups of scientists think they've figured it out. And both are racing to prove that their own vision is correct.
PhysicsOctober 8, 20193 win Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand cosmosSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang and the blockbuster discovery of the first known planet outside our solar system.