A new study shines a little more light on the strange mechanics that lead to the birth of rogue waves, and it's less ...

In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors recorded a ...

If my count is correct, we are now beginning the fifth wave of explanations — at least since I’ve been covering the issue — for the apparent slowdown in technological progress (whether measured by the ...

The brightest explosions in the universe could be the work of ancient, dying stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Gamma-ray ...

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in ...

Harvard researchers grabbed headlines with the notion that the famed interstellar object may have been an alien spaceship, but here are the other top theories. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor ...

Humans are kind of dumb. Like, okay, we’ve invented the wheel and the Internet and sliced bread, but there are some really basic things we don’t understand. The rest of this article is behind a ...

The icy process may be present on other worlds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pluto is geologically alive. Bizarre geometric ...

Philosophers of mathematics have become increasingly interested in the explanatory role of mathematics in empirical science, in the context of new versions of the Quinean 'Indispensability Argument' ...

Usually when an amateur bowler toes the line in front of a lane and ten pins, they’re not thinking about much else besides hurling their ball so it hits its target head on. But the physics of the game ...