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Black hole behavior suggests Dr. Who's 'bigger on the inside' Tardis trick is theoretically possible
Do black holes, like dying old soldiers, simply fade away? Do they pop like universe-spawning balloons?
Hitting the Books: Beware the Tech Bro who comes bearing gifts
In 'Optimal Illusions' UC Berkeley applied mathematician Coco Krumme explores our historical fascination with process optimization and how that pursuit has led to unintended is in the systems we're streamlining.
Hitting the Books: How 20th century science unmade Newton's universe
Animaxander isn't often mentioned alongside other greats of Greek philosophy but his influence on the scientific method cannot be denied, argues NYT bestselling author, Carlo Rovelli, in "Animaxander and the Birth of Science," out now from Riverhead Books.
Hitting the Books: What if 'Up' but pigeons?
In the sequel to 2014's 'What If?' Randall Munroe returns with more scientific answers to more absurd hypotheticals.
Hitting the Books: The mad science behind digging really huge holes
How to Take Over the World has designs for every wannabe supervillain, from pulling the internet's plug to bioengineering a dinosaur army — even achieving immortality if the first few plans fail to pan out.
Hitting the Books: The Y2K bug could come back sooner than you think
Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and delivering an easily digestible nugget of their stories.
