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The Paradox That Seems to Violate Physics
This puzzle, which seems to violate the laws of physics, explains why closing a road can make traffic move faster.
Playing Snake on a Screen Made of Water
In a stunning fusion of science and nostalgia, a creator built video games where the pixels are not on a screen—they are actual, controllable droplets of water.
3D Printing a Mathematical Mystery from Reddit
A six-year-old internet mystery is solved, revealing how the bizarre and beautiful "maths trumpet" is a 3D visualization of the multiple complex solutions to the equation (-2)^x.
Was Spinosaurus a Wader or a Swimmer?
New fossil evidence, from a crocodile-like snout to a massive paddle-shaped tail, has ignited a fierce debate over whether the giant predator Spinosaurus was a shoreline wader or a powerful underwater swimmer.
The Real Animals Behind 5 Famous Monsters
This video reveals how many of history’s most famous monsters are likely folk memories of real animals, including extinct megafauna and misinterpreted wildlife that our ancestors once encountered.
Is the Universe a Fluke? The Problem of Fine-Tuning
Modern physics grapples with why the universe's fundamental constants appear "fine-tuned" for existence, suggesting either a radical new theory or the reality of a multiverse.
Why Physicists Built an Experiment the Size of a Sea
Deep beneath the Mediterranean, a massive neutrino detector has captured a particle so energetic it could rewrite our fundamental understanding of the cosmos.
The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve
Delve into the 300-year-old quest to solve the Goldbach Conjecture, a deceptively simple problem about prime numbers that no one has been able to crack.
Why Your Camera’s Color Settings Are Backwards
The color temperature setting in a camera isn't designed to add color to your image; it's designed to compensate for the color of the light in your environment.
The Dinosaur Dilemma That Darwin Couldn’t Solve
An ingenious experiment with chickens reveals the surprising evolutionary advantage of a "half wing" in non-flying dinosaurs, finally solving a puzzle that has stumped scientists since Darwin's time.