According to one hypothesis, the comet is responsible for giving humans the swastika symbol, thousands of years in the past.

In 1928, Hugo Gernsback sponsored a contest to devise a symbol for sf, launching the creation of visual definitions of sf. The symbols he presented-an eye, gears driving a pen-suggest that sf means a ...

A classic symbol of winter’s chill, rows of icicles hanging dramatically off roofs and trees show off the simple artistry of nature. But there’s more to them than their fleeting beauty: Icicles are ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

The National Academy of Sciences added a “foreign associate” to its goodly company: Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was worthy of the honor. Besides a monster string of ...

The vision of former San Diego State University President Thomas Day — a Cornell physics Ph.D. holder appointed by two presidents to the National Science Board — continues to pay off for SDSU. The ...

Academic science is beginning to switch back to being more politically mainstream and with that change comes more mature beliefs about the private sector. And scholars are looking to corporations to ...

Heaps of twisted metal and rubble still litter the ground outside demolished buildings with blown-out windows, collapsed ceilings and blackened walls that housed some of Israel’s top scientific ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." “This is a story of resilience,” Valorie Curry says. She’s talking about The Lost Symbol, a new ...

Poinsettias, known for their vibrant and festive red and green foliage, are a common symbol of the holidays. But then, almost just as quickly as they show up, they disappear. But there's more to this ...