The government has asked e-commerce platforms to explain why dark patterns are still appearing on their platforms despite having filed self-declarations claiming compliance. The Central Consumer ...

A massive, near-perfect pyramid has emerged from deep inside the Amazon rainforest—visible from space, untouched by science, and shrouded in ancient lore. Positioned near the Peru–Brazil border inside ...

Two hidden voids have been discovered within one of the pyramids of Giza, in Egypt—potentially shining light on an enduring mystery about the existence of a lost entrance to the giant tomb. The ...

The Great Pyramid aligns almost perfectly with the Earth’s cardinal points. Coincidence, genius engineering, or knowledge we can’t explain even today? Warning issued by FDA for widely used ...

I recently read a book to my 4½-year-old daughter that I immediately took out of her room and decided never to read again. That children’s book reminded me of an assignment I once had at the ...

As we've mentioned before, John Cleese and Eric Idle have been locked into a prolonged social media feud, stemming from Idle’s dissatisfaction with the group’s current management, by Terry Gilliam’s ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have bedeviled physicists and chemists. Their atoms arrange ...

In forecasting economic time series, statistical models often need to be complemented with a process to impose various constraints in a smooth manner. Systematically imposing constraints and retaining ...