Deep within Earth’s core, scientists are uncovering signs of a hidden structure that challenges long-standing models of the planet’s interior.

Light, as we usually conceive of it, is defined by the astonishing velocity at which it moves from one point to another. For ...

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If you’ve seen illustrations or models of the solar system, maybe you noticed that all the planets orbit the Sun in more or less the same plane, traveling in the same direction. But what is above and ...

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

The Washington Wizards gave their veterans first dibs at the chance to apply their fingerprints to the squad, just as they have across the previous seasons of their arduous rebuild. Alex Sarr looks ...

PCWorld reports that scientists discovered Earth’s inner core has slowed its rotation relative to the crust, even appearing to stop moving in a phenomenon that occurs every 35 years. This iron-nickel ...

We’ve probably all had a few conversations with people who hold eccentric scientific ideas, and most of the time they yield nothing more than frustration and perhaps a headache. In [Bertrand Selva]’s ...

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We here at Jalopnik are insanely lucky to call what we do work. Obviously, being able to nerd out over cars is what makes it so cool, but arguably just as cool is getting to travel the world to go and ...

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...