When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know ...

A dropped plate, a smashed sugar cube and a broken drinking glass all seem to follow the same law of physics when it comes to how many fragments of a given size they will shatter into. For several ...

Updated September 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM EDT This story was originally published on Oct. 31, 2024, and has been updated. A few years ago, I lost my passport two days before a big, international trip.

In our daily lives, we interact with countless household items, tools, and accessories without giving them much thought. Most of us assume we understand how these objects work simply because we use ...

We asked visual search scientists, a metal-detecting enthusiast and a detective to share the most effective strategies to find missing objects. This story was originally published on Oct. 31, 2024, ...

A few years ago, I lost my passport two days before a big, international trip. Getting a new passport expedited would cost hundreds of dollars. And I wasn’t sure if it would even arrive in time. You ...