I tied my coffee cup to a string that was about 3 feet long. On the other end of the string, I tied some washers. Most people think the coffee cup will fall to the ground and break. However, when I ...

The job of soundman for a punk-rock band on the club circuit would seem to be a fairly simple matter of making sure the amplifiers are turned up to ear-shattering. But the members of Rachel’s, a band ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helped power an experiment that might refute string theory. Experimentation in real life based on string theory is still pretty new, with much to discover. Scientists ...

MOSCOW – Forget e-mail. How about space mail? In an experiment combining elements of a package delivery service, the sport of kite surfing and a REALLY big fishing reel, Russian and European engineers ...