Why do some people love Impressionist paintings like Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” (1906) while others can’t understand the hype? The question of aesthetic taste has stumped scholars for centuries.

An extra stage has been identified for the first time that helps explain why ice can have a liquid layer at the surface even ...

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared as one ...

Santa Claus is not breaking the law. He is just using Einstein's physics to bend the rules of time and deliver presents to ...

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HAMBURG — Two scientists stand before three blackboards. The one on the left is crammed with formulas, as is the one on the ...

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The air particles that fall through will impact the shape they become. Warm temperatures tend to lead to longer shapes, like a needle. Colder temperatures create flat, plate-like snowflakes. Hahn said ...

Some animal abilities are so unusual that science still can’t explain how they work. These are real, well-documented behaviors that continue to surprise researchers.

This is essentially crystal formation. Snowflakes form when water droplets attach to particles in the sky, like dust or pollen. This creates a six-sided shape. The particles fall through different ...