A mesmerizing close-up of vibrant, bite-sized candy snacks bursting with fiery spice and glossy colors as each piece is crunched slowly. The mix of sweet heat and playful shapes creates an oddly ...

Many people assume that men prefer women with large breasts. Researchers have attempted to justify this belief with the concept of “reproductive readiness,” the idea that evolution has shaped men to ...

Welcome to a place where geometry meets dread. In Save The Shapes, you’ll wander through a bizarre little house, uncovering its secrets room by room. The shapes that live here are vanishing one by one ...

After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved. Imagine you’re holding two equal-size dice. Is it possible to bore a tunnel through one die that’s ...

Chip-based device paves the way for scalable and secure random number generation, an essential building block for future digital infrastructure Chip-based device paves the way for scalable and secure ...

In 1986 Belgian mathematician Jean Bourgain posed a seemingly simple question that continued to puzzle researchers for decades. No matter how you deform a convex shape—consider shaping a ball of clay ...

We all know that ice chills and dilutes our drinks, but let’s take a scientific look at how it can affect taste and texture. Camper English is a San Francisco-based cocktails and spirits writer and ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study. A combination of cosmic processes shapes the ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, even inspiring the 2018 blockbuster film The Meg. The species lived some ...