What exactly is gravity, and how does it work? From Newton’s early groundbreaking discoveries to Einstein’s revolutionary ...

Isaac Newton, World's Most Famous Alchemist For centuries some of the world’s greatest geniuses struggled in secret to turn base metals into gold. In a sense they succeeded: ... he understood that he ...

In the corridors of the Royal Mint, where gold flowed like water into coin molds, Isaac Newton—the legendary scientist who revolutionized physics—was building his fortune. Yet, a new book ...

Isaac Newton believed that lozenges made of toad vomit could cure the bubonic plague. "The best is a toad suspended by the legs in a chimney for three days, which at last vomited up earth with ...

An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...

Real-world historical figures have always had a hand to play in the world of comics, even if it could be a slippery slope to deal with a living person or their family. Folks are litigious at the drop ...

Throughout history, humans have made independent, more or less simultaneous discoveries and inventions. For example, Sir ...

Sir Isaac Newton letter from 1704 predicts when world will end – and it’s not far away. As well as formulating the laws of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton was a theologian ...