Kitchen islands used to impress us simply by existing. Big rectangle? Great. Row of stools? Lovely. Waterfall edge? Ooh, ...

How do astronomers know how far away stars are? Unfortunately, it’s not a short and easy answer.

In Nepal, a nation wedged between India and China, a unique time zone is just one expression of a singular national identity.

Our universe appears flat—but this observation still leaves plenty of options for its true shape. In fact, our cosmos could ...

Tech pro ThioJoe exposes hidden and lesser-known functions built into the Windows Calculator that go far beyond basic math.

Ms. Grose, a Times Opinion writer, reported from Buford, Ga. Jill Frank is an Atlanta-based artist and educator. It was 9 a.m. on a Thursday at Harmony Elementary School in Buford, Ga., about 45 ...

Over the many years I’ve been writing this column, I've rattled off the distances to many celestial objects. I don't often ...

The tablet known as Plimpton 322, dated to around 1800 BCE, contains 15 rows of numbers linked to Pythagorean triples (numbers that you could use to draw right triangles). These were not just simple ...

Sacred geometry found in ancient Greek temples is grounded on the idea that the world is created based on a consistent geometrical pattern.

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

If you ask a child to draw an animal that doesn't exist, they'll often cobble together components from real ones—say, the ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how carbon black strengthens the rubber that supports the weight of massive aircraft.