On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming that the United States was no ...

There's nothing to get a scientist's heart pumping like a good, old-fashioned statistical debate. When it comes to topics ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 04. Check what happened ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has begun its first-ever collisions of oxygen ions, in the latest attempt to understand the ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known ...

However, the problem with string theory is that it is so flexible that it can explain almost anything, making it nearly ...

Key takeawaysIn physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all ...

Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII. 1610: Sigmund III’s Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

Today in the history of astronomy, satellites Vela 3 and 4 make the first detection of gamma-ray bursts.

"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...