Woodturning can sometimes produce unexpected results. In this experiment, a bowl is pushed to its limits on the lathe to see what happens when wood fails under stress. The results are dramatic and ...

A new private space observatory, the Lazuli Space Telescope, is on track to surpass Hubble with its larger mirror and cutting ...

This article looks at some of the biggest names in tech that put out products that ended up being total flops. From phones that literally caught fire to glasses that made people feel awkward, these ...

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In his latest video, a self-professed “science nerd” and amateur high-energy physicist shows us what happens when you give a ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals—a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines ...

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"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life ...