Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, Joshua Angrist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Guido Imbens ...

A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds property crime went up in Texas after a 2013 law closed half the state's clinics that provide abortion. Now to a surprising new ...

Regarding David Henderson’s op-ed “ ‘Natural Experiments’ Lead to an Economics Nobel” (Oct. 12): Natural experiments require circumstances in which political events, geopolitical boundaries and so ...

Cleo McVicker made soap in Cincinnati. Then came the Great Depression. By 1933, his company reeling, McVicker pitched the Kroger grocery store chain on a new product: a cleanser designed specifically ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Humanity’s oldest and longest-running climate experiment, the International Polar Year (IPY), will run for the fifth time in history next decade, with IPY-5 planned for 2032-2033. IPY-5 could be the ...

Born on the same day, Bill and Ben both grew up to have high status. But in every other way they were polar opposites. People who have lived through floods, heat waves, or other climate-related ...