THE HUMBLE magnet may not seem to belong alongside steel, microchips and oil as a chess piece in the great diplomatic game. But on April 4th, as part of its retaliation against America’s tariffs, ...

James Kane pulled a safe filled with stacks of hundred dollar bills from a creek in Queens. That, it turns out, was the easy part. By Allie Conti The reporter rode on a bus from New York to Washington ...

Ever wondered what’s hidden beneath a peaceful lake? I dropped my strongest magnet yet into the murky depths—and what I pulled up shocked me. From rusty mysteries to valuable surprises, this magnet ...

The quest for the world's strongest magnet faced a surprisingly violent problem: they kept exploding. At least, that was the issue facing a group of scientists at the National High Magnetic Field ...