In a dimly lit monastic scriptorium in13th-century Constantinople, a group of scribes unknowingly scrubbed away what could have been one of humanity’s most significant scientific manuscripts.

One of the oldest genuine physical laws, and one of the few that most children learn, is the principle adduced in the third century BC by Archimedes of Syracuse. In his treatise On Floating Bodies he ...

They say opposites attract: Magnets' north poles are drawn to south poles; Aziraphale is best buddies with Crowley; the sweetness of caramel is complemented by a pinch of salt. Nothing exemplifies ...

In New York City’s Bronx Zoo, Superintendent Quentin Schubert and Executive Secretary John Tee-Van pondered the problem of how to weigh Pete, a 43-year-old hippopotamus. Scales were obviously out of ...

Ever since Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge and became shamed out of Paradise, there has been an inextricable bond between discovery and emotion. The classic scientific example is the ...

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