The curious minds at What If see the effects if you fell into quicksand, exploring suction, physics, and survival strategies.

NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your ...

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

Kalshi and Polymarket say their prediction markets are not subject to gambling laws and taxes. The casino industry is lobbying to shut them down as a wave of court cases take on the question. By Ian ...

“Ad astra per aspera” is an ancient Latin phrase meaning “to the stars through hardships.” Forty years ago, the harrowing hardships of questing for the stars were seen in cold Florida skies when the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island Chuck is getting ready to make his Groundhog Day prediction at the Staten Island Zoo in West Brighton on Monday, Feb. 2. This year’s ceremony will be closed to the ...

Ever since dropping his bid for re-election, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis has been a changed man. He’s never been particularly camera-shy, but lately he’s been willing to speak in unvarnished terms. The most ...

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy shines a light on the institution’s only Klingon cadet, Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diané), as we learn his backstory and how he decided to join Starfleet.

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.