In 1996, Phish’s Trey Anastasio formed a free-form jazz ensemble that came and went without much fanfare. 30 years later, their only album opens a door to a world of improvisational music that goes ...

Scotch tape has been a household mainstay for nearly a century, but it still holds some scientific surprises. Researchers have discovered that the screeching sound emitted when one rapidly peels ...

A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling sticky tape. Using a combination of ultrafast imaging and synchronized acoustic recordings, Sigurdur ...

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Experiments have uncovered the physical mechanism responsible for the screeching sound that adhesive tape makes when peeled from a roll 1. Many of us will be familiar with the unpleasant squeal of ...

Aliens have invaded the news again. Last month, two US presidents weighed in on the topic in rapid succession, managing to make a public that was already obsessed with extraterrestrials even more so.

Baba Vanga was born in Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova in 1911 was a blind Bulgarian clairvoyant often referred to as the “Nostradamus of the Balkans.” She reportedly lost her sight at age 12 after being ...

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 ...

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Have you even been wrapping a present or getting crafty and heard the terrible screech of the tape you're using? Well scientists have now discovered WHY it makes that horrid noise, after decades of ...

The effect was first described by Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927. She was inspired to study the phenomenon after her professor, prominent psychologist Kurt Lewin, noticed that a waiter ...

Do little green men exist? Was 'Men In Black' a documentary? Prediction markets are pricing the probability of a U.S. government confirmation of alien life before the year 2027. Find out why traders ...