Scientists Have Finally One-Upped Atomic Clocks. Time Will Never Be the Same Again.

Atomic clocks have been around for nearly 80 years, but their successors—nuclear clocks—are ready to take the stage. Two ...

The Phaistos Disc Has Stumped Experts for 100 Years. An Old Theory Might Have Nailed Its Purpose.

Discovered in 1908, the disc is covered in undecipherable symbols that have perplexed experts and led to numerous theories ...

The U.S. Government Secretly Tested Biological Weapons. The Citizens of San Francisco Paid the Price.

Although the government used what was believed to be a harmless bacteria in the demonstration, the faux attack killed at ...

80 Years Ago, Parachuting Beavers Helped Save America’s Wilderness. Today, They’re Furry Legends.

Elmo W. Heter had a problem: beavers were dying during overland relocations. His solution? Custom crates, surplus parachutes, ...