Brian Cox once toured as a keyboardist in major rock and pop bands. Now he’s a particle physicist on a new world tour with a ...

The heavens declare the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ. The 27 huge dishes of the Very Large Array radio telescope were lined up on interconnected tracks, stretching for miles across the ...

The end of Stranger Things is upon us. While the show has given fans endless thrills and immense joy, there are some things ...

The world’s most expensive guitar, played by Kurt Cobain in his final public performance, has been donated to London’s Royal College of Music. In November 1993, the lead singer of Nirvana took up his ...

Chris Impey has received funding from NASA, NSF, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Templeton Foundation. If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which ...

At just 16, Natan Last had a crossword puzzle accepted by the New York Times; at the time he was the youngest person ever to construct a puzzle that ran in the Times magazine. Now 35, Last reflects on ...

In August, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani hosted a citywide scavenger hunt, inviting voters to scour the boroughs in search of historic political sites. (Grand prize: a bag of chips.) ...

The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol' Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond ...

Is the universe infinite? It's one of the most profound questions we can ask, and here's the short answer: We don't know. While we have learned a great deal about the universe, a portion of the cosmos ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Pop music is full of references to denim — from the opening lyrics of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" — "Blue jean baby" — to Flo Rida's ode to an Apple Bottoms pair in "Low." But musicians don't just sing ...