An experiment with ultracold atoms reveals that a strongly driven quantum system doesn’t always heat up as expected. In daily life, doing work on something over and over usually makes it warmer. You ...

Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, challenging gold’s long-held inert reputation and ...

Among others, “Stranger Things” most prominently draws from Project MKUltra and the unconfirmed Montauk Project, combining ...

Research suggests that an overload of false information has led many of us to become cynical, leading us to be skeptical of ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

There are good reasons to feel like life is working against you, but it is our reactions, the stories we tell ourselves, that ...

Warm dense matter is a state of matter that forms at extreme temperatures and pressures, like those found at the center of ...

As 2026 approaches, many people will make familiar resolutions — to get healthier, manage their money better, or learn ...

This experiment uses a warm liquid on ice to explore how heat actually moves and dissipates. Instead of melting evenly, the ice reacts in unexpected patterns that reveal strange thermal behavior. It’s ...

Holiday cheer met hands-on learning Saturday when Jason Lindsey — better known as “Mr. Science” — brought festive science fun to the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Nearly 50 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Have you ever sat down for a family meal and found yourself taking on a role you’d rather not assume? The antagoniser ...