A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.

Academic libraries have long stood as temples of truth—sanctuaries where scholars seek to expand human understanding. Yet ...

A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

Christopher Helali had been fascinated by Epstein and what his story said about global power and politics in today’s world. He took a chance on an eBay listing and picked up the artifact at the post ...

The Jeffrey Epstein estate turned over a tranche of documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Monday, including at least one purporting to show a close ...

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 ...

Apple has released security updates to address a high-severity vulnerability that has been exploited in zero-day attacks targeting Google Chrome users. Tracked as CVE-2025-6558, the security bug is ...

The rain was heavy for parts of last weekend in the Washington, D.C. area. Seeing it coming down in sheets, it got me thinking about how people used to live. How awful it must have been in the days of ...

As a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant concludes, Chris Hoadley, director of the UB Institute for Learning Sciences and professor in the Graduate School of Education, reflects on the ...

Two romantasy authors have publicly defended their use of artificial intelligence after being caught with AI-generated prompts left in their published works. While their readers are far from impressed ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according to a ...