Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the ...

In late September, 40 amateur astronomers and photographers from all over India converged on the tiny hamlet of Hanle, in ...

The Houston Rockets have chosen one of the largest lineups in history to get their regular season run started against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Amen Thompson begins the season as one of the largest ...

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

PR is the principle that a party’s share of votes should match its share of legislative seats. Systems built on that principle treat votes for candidates as votes for their parties, too. Thus, it ...

UAB is firing coach Trent Dilfer six games into his third season with the Blazers, the university announced Sunday. UAB's decision came just one day after the Blazers dropped to 2-4 on the year in a ...

After signing him in March, Aaron Glenn said the Jets were going to let Justin Fields “play quarterback.” Through six weeks, it is time to cut the Fields experiment short. On Sunday, the Jets lost to ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders and a lot of other socialists didn't do their homework when they were praising European socialism. "We should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from ...

The world's most sensitive table-top interferometric system—a miniature version of miles-long gravitational-wave detectors like LIGO—has completed its first science run. The Quantum Enhanced ...

“A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility.” Thomas Paine made this (true) statement in ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I used to live in the same city as his parents and sisters. We became very close, getting together several times a week. One of his sisters was my best friend. Related ...

For the Geno Smith skeptics, this is all merely confirmation. Sunday’s punchless offense, which got taken apart by the Indianapolis Colts in a 40-6 thrashing. A withering 1-4 start that feels more ...