The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there ...

In Hinduism, rituals are not performed randomly; each act has a purpose and meaning. One such ritual is Aarti, a devotional practice in which light from a lamp is offered to a deity. Whether it is at ...

Neuroaesthetics is a relatively young field of research, aiming primarily to explain the phenomena that affect the perception ...

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(LEX 18) — The Commonwealth of Kentucky has filed a "petition for change of venue" in the trial of Shawn "Mickey" Stines, who is indicted for the murder of Letcher County Judge Kevin Mullins. In the ...

However, recent research suggests that some binary black hole mergers may not occur in isolation, but rather under the 'gaze' ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears on a micrometer scale. This paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history, which can fit inside a strand of hair.

Researchers studying fruit flies discovered that nerve cells sensing limb motion are turned off when the insect moves, allowing the brain to switch between stabilizing posture and enabling dynamic ...

There are three main types of optical illusion: literal, cognitive, and physiological. Literal illusions are the result of combining smaller images to create one larger image. These are often created ...

Rotating bodies often move in surprising ways with flips and wobbles that reveal the hidden rules of physics.

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