Known as earthquake lights, these luminous phenomena have left geologists and physicists searching for answers. Typically ...

In this first selection of texts from the Wenner Collection, we will see some examples of the use of print to popularize and ...

A fundamental link between two counterintuitive phenomena in spin glasses—reentrance and temperature chaos—has been ...

Chen Ning Yang, a world-renowned and Nobel Prize-winning scientist who made revolutionary contributions to our understanding ...

A system using photonics-based synthetic dimensions could be used to help explain complex natural phenomena. Scientists have made an important step toward developing computers advanced enough to ...

A recent report reveals thousands of strange sightings off U.S. coasts, raising questions about unexplained submersible ...

Rising temperatures continue to wreak havoc on glaciers around the world. The latest evidence comes from Switzerland, where scientists have measured another "enormous" loss in ice mass. Researchers ...

Scientists uncover evidence that Cold War nuclear tests coincided with signs of non-human intelligence in Earth’s orbit.

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