Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

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A Computer Science student has complained about the heavy focus on mathematics in his programme, stating that over 70% of ...

Leonardo DiCaprio revealed the secret to surviving Hollywood is knowing when to stay quiet, and he’s spent his whole adult life mastering the art of disappearing. DiCaprio's approach to fame might be ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...

The 35-year-old saga of Kryptos, an enigmatic sculpture containing four encrypted messages outside the headquarters of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, recently took a bizarre twist.

Before she died last year, after living 117 years and 168 days, Maria Branyas Morera invited scientists to study her. The world’s oldest woman thought her body and life story had secrets to reveal ...

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key. By John Schwartz John Schwartz, ...

The Cox Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach opened its blockbuster fall exhibit, “Top Secret: License to Spy,” on Monday, Oct. 13. The exhibit transforms guests into secret agents using ...

Dan Brown’s latest thriller, The Secret of Secrets, follows neuroscientist Katherine Solomon as she reports how low GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous system, expands consciousness.