For more than a century, physicists debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments ...

Researchers at New York University’s Courant Institute conducted a series of experiments with different silly sprinkler ...

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of signif ...

I recently started teaching a new student named Dan, and he reminds me of a lot of golfers I’ve seen over the years. He loves the game and plays as much as he can, but has been frustrated for years by ...

A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke Koike Supported by By Susan Dominus Why are babies born young? The most ...

Reserve mortgages — more commonly known as reverse mortgages — allow homeowners 62+ to convert home equity into cash without monthly loan payments. The loan is repaid when the homeowner sells, moves ...

Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus. On the slide in front of them were the results of Lu’s latest attempt to turn back time for ...

After spending extended time in a calorie deficit to lose weight, hitting your goal can feel exciting…and a little uncertain. You’ve worked hard to get there, and now comes the next challenge: how to ...

Neutral-atom arrays are a rapidly emerging platform to create quantum computers. In a foundational study led by graduate students Aaron Holman and Yuan Xu from the Will and Yu labs, respectively, the ...

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We're often accused of doing things backwards. That's why every morning we double-check in the mirror to make sure our shirt is on right. But one thing we do backwards on purpose is parking. If you ...