The great Walt Whitman is often attributed with the saying, “Be curious, not judgmental.” Whether or not he really uttered those words, it’s a powerful reminder to always look at the world with ...

You’ve got to admit, our planet is pretty weird, so maybe it’s no surprise that people are endlessly fascinated by its mysteries. After all, this is the same place where Wi-Fi and Bluetooth somehow ...

This also means that there could be hidden curvatures of space-time or gravitational fields, which could explain a fundamental issue in physics: the hierarchy problem. There are several ongoing ...

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

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There’s always something new to learn! Staying curious throughout your life is a great way to keep your mind sharp and avoid ...

Some believe the Betz mystery sphere, a steel ball that a Florida family found on their property in 1974, is a piece of alien ...

Bill Nye “The Science Guy” invokes everything except science in his criticism of the Environmental Protection Agency’s rescission of its 2009 finding that greenhouse-gas emissions endanger public ...

In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps. A chimp named Toti attentively observes a quartz crystal at a rehabilitation facility in Spain ...

The first pest wreaking havoc in the state is the apple snail, a baseball-sized creature that feeds on young rice plants and has also caused major problems in Florida. According to the AP, experts ...

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller natural numbers. They can only be divided by themselves and 1. And in a new ...

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