Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

WhatsApp's mass adoption stems in part from how easy it is to find a new contact on the messaging platform: Add someone's phone number, and WhatsApp instantly shows whether they're on the service, and ...

Some 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025, the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began. More than 90,000 people were waiting for an initial ...

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...

The use of the automatic number plate recognition technology is the first step towards implementing the multi-lane free flow toll system within the next two years. (Bernama pic) The open payment toll ...

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar system TOI-2267 located about 190 light-years away. This discovery, published in ...

MLB on Tuesday announced that the ABS Challenge System will be implemented in 2026 spring training, regular season and postseason games after a vote by the Joint Competition Committee. MLB is entering ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email ODENTON, Md. – Soldiers and Civilians from Fort George G. Meade hosted the first of three Hackathon events to ...

A critical 911 system failure left dispatch centers across Central California flying blind for hours Monday night, unable to see the location data and phone numbers of those calling for help. “911 ...