A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth ...

Bryce Harper is chasing certainty. Dave Dombrowski is protecting flexibility. That tension may define the Phillies’ 2026 season.

An atmospheric scientist explains why water can do some strange-looking things at very cold temperatures, and what’s different about snowfalls on Mars.

J.H. Kellogg, cereal mogul, believed circumcision was a sure-fire cure for masturbation—particularly if the surgery was performed without chloroform so the boy could feel it. In the 1870s, his and ...

Imagine a material cracking—now imagine what happens if there are small inclusions in the material. Do they create an ...