Every so often, a trend comes around that so perfectly ticks each of the three key boxes of style, practicality, and comfort, that you can’t help but immediately jump on board. This season it’s the ...

Is 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727 prime? Before you ask the Internet for an answer, can you consider how you might answer that question without a ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) will make a close flyby of Earth on Oct. 21. A bright new solar system comet could put on a show in the October night sky as it zooms past Earth. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was ...

Tribune. She chronicled life in and around the city of San Diego for The San Diego Union-Tribune starting in1995. In pr ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Defense strategy has become a booming enterprise, yet its core themes often boil down to a single word—or just a few. Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure in the Pentagon was defined by “transformation,” while ...

There was a time when your landline phone would ring and you automatically answered without knowing who was calling. Today, the introduction of cell phones, voicemail, and caller ID has allowed us to ...

A new study identifies the right number to reap the health benefits of walking. By Simar Bajaj Walking 10,000 steps a day has long been a fitness cliché. But new research suggests that the health ...

How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the ...

A beginner-friendly tutorial demonstrating how to create woven fabric using a triangle loom. It covers yarn selection, tensioning, and the weaving sequence to produce shawls, wraps, or decorative ...

Look to the west on the nights following June 18 to see Mars sweep past the bright star Regulus to enter the Spring Triangle - a formation of three prominent stellar bodies that are visible as spring ...