The Catholic Church banned his writings, and beliefs in the1500's. In Italy, Galileo was put on trial by the Inquisition for ...

If the modern definition of “fierce” can be applied to any past or present American leaders, Robert F. Kennedy (President John Kennedy’s brother) is near the top of that list, thanks mostly to his ...

It isn’t often, gentle reader, that a Presidential banquet becomes a topic of hot discussion. Generally, these are calm ...

From the heliocentric theory to rocket science, these visionaries challenged conventions and reshaped the future.

After catching wind of Galileo’s beliefs, the cardinals of the Inquisition convened and decided to condemn Copernicus’ work ...

There's one good thing about the current cold wave — clear nights. I can understand how piling on clothes and walking into the stinging, subzero darkness might be the last thing on your mind. But I'm ...

Global warming is increasingly evident. 2025 was the third-hottest year on record, both globally and in Europe. The past three years — 2024, 2023 and 2025, in that order — were the hottest ever ...

Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers discovered an underground chamber containing a 500-year-old compass near Copernicus’ burial site. The compass resembles the one often depicted with ...

Thomas Wolf, co-founder and chief science officer at Hugging Face, has cast doubt on the belief that current artificial intelligence systems will lead to major scientific breakthroughs. Wolf told ...

Born February 15, 1564, Galileo Galilei is described as a polymath whose main fields of study included astronomy, physics, and engineering. He is widely considered to be the father of modern physics, ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: This work is in the public domain in the United States. New research has ...