For thousands of years, scientists and astronomers have gathered evidence showing that Earth is a sphere. This video explores some of the most convincing observations, including how shadows behave ...

Handwriting analysis determined that the famed astronomer made notes in this copy of the ancient Greek text in the 1590s, decades before his own observations via telescope revolutionized our ...

Scientists are reconstructing the oldest known map of the night sky - long thought lost to time - by using X-rays to reveal its secrets.

After outgrowing its original home, the National Museum of Mathematics has added new exhibits and an art gallery space in ...

Test your mathematics knowledge with this 'Name That Thing' puzzle that challenges you to name all the seven geometric tools ...

This is the best time to see the ghostly light shaped like a pyramid known as the 'zodiacal light.' ...

A social media post by Antonio Tajani, Italy’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has sparked debate around the origins and symbolism of the European flag. Writing on X to mark 40 years since ...

At first glance cosmology and financial advice appear to have very little in common. Yet that was the unexpected theme at a recent adviser conference hosted by platform firm Fundment.

We all have a concept of reality. We know what is “fact” and what isn’t. However, the truth of the matter is that the definition of “real” is a mere construct of the brain. If that didn’t blow your ...

The Indus script has been called, with irony, the most deciphered script in the world. The first claim to a decipherment, based on the Sumerian language, was published as early as 1925. More than a ...

The history of science and classical philology experienced this March 2026 a chapter worthy of an academic intrigue novel, ...