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 ...

MIT researchers recreate ancient musical instruments using CT scans and 3D technology, allowing audiences to hear sounds from centuries ago.

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 ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

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

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 ...

Every time you pay online, your data is protected by a maths problem nobody has proved is unbreakable. Here is what that means, and why the world is already preparing for the worst.