As one of four fundamental forces in nature, magnetism is virtually everywhere in the world. Many technologies—hard drives, ...

Magnets produce an invisible force that can push or pull objects without even touching them. This video explains how magnetic fields are formed, how poles work, and why magnets attract or repel. Learn ...

Invisibility is no longer just a topic of fantasy or science fiction; several companies around the world have developed technologies to make it a reality. Some use a combination of cameras and digital ...

By studying faint distortions in galaxy shapes across a vast region of sky, scientists probed the hidden structure of the universe. In the standard picture of the universe, nearly everything is hidden ...

Our dead merely move to another realm as ancestral spirits, thus showing the connect we carve between the living and the dead, the visible and invisible worlds. But curiosity about what happens upon ...

Microsoft warned users that Windows 11 updates released since August may cause the password sign-in option to disappear from the lock screen options, even though the button remains functional. On ...

Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. Scientists are calling this ...

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

Season 5 of Stranger Things hinted at a tragic backstory for Vecna involving a traumatic experience in a cave — but what has already been revealed in the show’s offscreen play? The location was part ...

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Rubber was an essential material for many people of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, who used it to make objects such as sandals and rubber bands. However, it is perhaps best known as the material used to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Woman seen frontally, with eyes ...