An experiment started in 1927 by Thomas Parnell aimed to prove pitch is a super-viscous fluid. Over 96 years, only nine drops have fallen from the funnel, with scientists waiting decades to witness ...
Millions of people in the United States are in the middle an exceptional cold stretch — one of the longest in decades for some — and it’s only going to get more brutal headed into next week. More than ...
In a quiet corner of a physics building in Australia, a glass funnel filled with a tar-like substance has been dripping so slowly that only nine drops have ever fallen. As it approaches its centenary, ...
New census data shows where Americans spend the most—and least—time getting to work. For millions of Americans, the workday doesn’t begin at the office: it starts in traffic, on a train platform or ...
High home prices aren’t sidelining buyers in some cities. In the 10 markets where offers came in the fastest — as few as 16 days in some cases — prices averaged close to than the national median sales ...
A new statewide initiative is connecting Southwest Virginia businesses with emerging talent at the region’s colleges and universities. The project, InternshipsVA, is administered through the ...
This year's nine-day 2026 Spring Festival holidays, the longest on record, are projected to significantly boost the popularity of outbound travel from China. According to official forecasts, passenger ...
Twenty-seven states and counting are on track to participate in the first federal program that will direct funds to families so their children can enroll in private schools and cover other expenses ...
Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached the initial release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...
It is so cold in New York, igloos are popping up in Manhattan. And it’s only going to get worse as a bomb cyclone arrives — pushing the wind-chill temperatures Sunday as low as a deadly minus-15 ...
Have you ever gone mountain climbing? Or even thought about it? If so, maybe you have wanted to try to climb the largest mountain range in the world. If so, you might find that it is both more ...
Norway is going on with a massive transport project that, while mostly invisible to the public, is significant in scope. Deep beneath the North Sea, work is continuing on Rogfast, an undersea road ...