A single equation may predict how many fragments a brittle object makes when it shatters. In Marseille, France, physicists treated shattering as a statistics problem, and they found a rule that ...

The comet originated from outside our solar system and poses no danger to our planet. NASA officials have rejected theories that the object could be an alien spaceship. While not visible to the naked ...

The New York Times examined data from 18 of the nation’s top law schools and found that first-year Black enrollment had increased at only four, including at Harvard. By Stephanie Saul The number of ...

How life begins remains an unsolved question. One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they have shown how it could have ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a ...

For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the solar system at a breakneck velocity. And before it finally leaves us for good ...

On opposite ends of the Earth, Longyearbyen, Norway, the northernmost city in the world, and Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost, mirror each other in remarkable ways. They both exist at the very ...

Citizenship rules are constitutional and may be altered only by an amendment. When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's petitions seeking to resurrect Executive Order 14160 -- ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbia Sportswear is leaning all the way into absurdity with its newest campaign, “Expedition Impossible,” a tongue-in-cheek challenge inviting anyone who still believes the planet ...

A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive ...

STILLWATER, Okla., Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USA Rare Earth, Inc. (USAR) (USAR or the Company), today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Less Common Metals (LCM), has established a ...