Morton was a physician and naturalist who lived in Philadelphia from 1799 until the end of his life in 1851. A lecture he delivered to aspiring doctors at the Philadelphia Association for Medical ...

The discovery of an 11th-century Islamic astrolabe in Verona, Italy, has captivated historians and scientists alike. With ...

Just before midnight on July 19, 1952, a Washington National Airport air traffic controller spotted seven unusual objects on radar—first hovering about 15 miles south-southwest of the city, later ...

Berry used mathematical means to investigate what would happen to the neutron if the direction of the magnetic field changed slowly. According to the so-called adiabatic theorem, which was introduced ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

Intravital microscopy (IVM) enables live imaging of animals at single-cell level, offering essential insights into cancer progression. This technique allows for the observation of single-cell ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

The same sensorial subjectivity is true for objects in space. They take on all manners of shapes, and our brain interprets them as it will. And of course, it’s the season. It may seem a little ...

“What’s your favourite scary movie?” Ghostface repeatedly asks his victims. Well, that’s a matter of preference, but if you (and possibly whoever’s donning the Scream franchise disguise ...

This ability to interpret the world through acoustic vibrations emanating from an object is something we do without thinking. And it's an ability that researchers are on the cusp of bringing to robots ...

This progression led up to "failed star" brown dwarfs, or objects that form like stars, but have masses between the most massive planet we know of and the least massive star in our books.