Greg Attonito’s internet is a little spotty. It’s understandable. These days he’s calling in from the Idaho forest about 100 miles from Boise, a pretty far stretch from The Bouncing Souls’ usual ...

New research shows that a new model of a universe with endless periods of expansion and collapse still needs a beginning. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

For anyone that grew up in the 1960s, the TV show “Sing Along With Mitch” was an absolute must-watch for several years. “Follow the bouncing ball,” the host, Mitch Miller, would say. And I’ll bet ...

Many habits come and go, but you might find one habit particularly persistent: shaking your leg whenever you’re sitting down. Sometimes, you might bounce loosely from the knee. Other times, your foot ...

Was the universe created with a Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, or has it been expanding and contracting for eternity? A new paper, inspired by alternative explanations of the physics of black holes, ...

Craters in a Chilean desert preserve the trajectories of giant rocks, allowing scientists to study the physics of rockslides. By Katherine Kornei There’s a place in Chile’s Atacama Desert where trails ...

A planet in a two-star system can end up in a gravitational ping-pong match that can last for millenia before the planet gets ejected into interstellar space, a new study suggests. Scientists had ...

A Bouncing Betty is a motion detonated explosive. Plant a Bouncing Betty on the ground and wait for an enemy to step near it to activate it. The Betty will jump up and explode in mid-air, killing any ...