In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, ...

In the 1920s, hundreds of pamphlets were published whose authors self-confidently claimed to have refuted the theory of relativity. The opposition to relativity was extraordinarily fierce and lasted ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Britain's first robot was a dazzling sight to behold, with broad shoulders, light-bulb eyes and a ...

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There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one story that fell ...

Oklahoma has the unfortunate distinction of becoming the capital of human-induced earthquakes in the US. That's a recent development that comes thanks to deep injection wells used to dispose of ...