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 ...

It’s wet, you drop it, but think “eh, it’s fine.” You pop the can open and SPLASH—there’s soda all over white shirt. Could ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than ...

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 ...