When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...

WARSAW, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Poland and Romania detained eight people suspected of planning sabotage on behalf of Russia, authorities in Warsaw said on Tuesday, with three arrests concerning an alleged ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A.-based Exploding Kittens and founder Elan Lee add a big dose of “fun” into “fundamentally changing a business ...

An exploding star may have sent cosmic shrapnel flying to hit Earth 10 million years ago, and astronomers have now narrowed down the most likely culprits behind this interstellar incident. Earlier ...

How often do black holes explode? New research refines old calculations, hinting that black hole explosions may be a once-in-a-decade occurence. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Physicists have long believed that black holes explode at the end of their lives, and that such explosions happen—at most—only once every 100,000 years. But new research published in Physical Review ...

This artist's concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black holes would have a difficult time forming the accretion disks that make them ...

With modern armor running out, Russia has turned to Cold War relics, converting T-54 and T-55 tanks into massive rolling bombs. Are these improvised explosive vehicles a sign of innovation—or sheer ...

“Kaboom” is not the sound you want a rocket ship to make, as a rule. Yet that’s the problem facing the private aerospace company SpaceX and its leader, Elon Musk. Instead of going to space, their ...