A new proof reveals the answer to the decades-old “moving sofa” problem. It highlights how even the simplest optimization problems can have counterintuitive answers. If you’ve ever moved into a new ...

Longtime Lakewood city manager John Caulfield will be retiring in June after nearly 12 years, the city announced recently. Caulfield’s last day will be June 5. The city is in the early stages of ...

Since 2016, Microsoft Word users have had access to Smart Lookup, a nifty feature that lets you right-click on a word or phrase and bring up definitions, synonyms, and relevant links to sites like ...

These were no mean feet. Scientists put their “stamp” on prehistory after discovering a massive dinosaur footprint in Mongolia said to have belonged to one of the largest two-legged animals ...

VAN DYNE, Wis. (WLUK) — Hayley Herzig, 22, has been sturgeon-spearing for six years but she didn't expect her first harvest to be larger than herself. "It was very exciting, did not feel real ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States. "Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they've ever had in history," Ashley ...

Abu Dhabi will soon be home to a 5.2-GW solar farm – snagging the top spot on the global solar energy plant leaderboard. That's part of a gigascale project set to be built in the capital of the ...

In the small village of Kadiri in Andhra Pradesh, India, there’s a tree that’s nothing short of extraordinary. Known as Thimmamma Marrimanu, it holds the title of the world’s largest banyan ...

Read about the volcano that some believe almost wiped humans off the planet Donald R. Prothero Our story begins on a very bad day about 74,000 years ago. The planet was starting to move out of one ...

Following two decades of setbacks, the much-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has opened its doors, giving the public access to never-before-seen artifacts and sweeping views of the Pyramids ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Huntsville City Council approved a new land annexation Thursday, making the city the 27th largest in the nation by land mass, beating Chicago. The city added nearly 400 ...

Seán Duke is the Science and Health Editor for Newsweek, based in Dublin, Ireland. He has 25 years of experience as a science journalist, and editor with The Irish Times, the Irish Independent ...