In 1916, a Polish scientist discovered how to create a mono-crystal, which later became the basis for integrated circuits and semiconductors.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

With her distinctive pout, deadpan dialogue and signature dance moves, Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Addams became an instant Gen Z icon when the show premiered in 2022 … but believe it or not, the ...

Stacker compiled a list of 28 of these LGBTQ+ historical figures, spanning a range of disciplines and periods, referencing ...

On October 25, 2025, the author and game-show host Ken Jennings joined the senior editor Tyler Foggatt onstage at the 26th ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place in Milan and Cortina. The last time home Cortina d'Ampezzo had an Olympic moment? 70 ...

Renowned Chinese AI researcher Liu Haolin, 37, dies after sudden illness. Tributes pour in for the Xiangtan University ...

The Big 12 has five teams in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. That's the most since September 2024.

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Sculptor Jim Sanborn opened his email account one day last month expecting the usual messages from people claiming to have ...

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years. A weak region in Earth's magnetic field has ...