Everyone knows that relativity plays hell with time, and that it can do a number on space, but what about mass? Why do objects get more or less mass depending on their relative speed? We’re going to ...

When you think about where the Universe came from, you likely think about the hot Big Bang as our origins. According to the Big Bang, we began with an early, dense, uniform state of high-energy matter ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Light passes through air at about 299,000,000 meters per second, an ...

A little-studied mite native to California, the Paratarsotomus macropalpis, has the "fastest relative speed" of any animal on the planet. "The mite runs at a relative speed of … nearly 200 body ...