Drop the pumpkin! Drop the pumpkin!” screamed the students in unison, with the occasional “six seven!” ringing through the ...

Centuries before anyone pointed a telescope at the sky, Isaac Newton figured out how gravity works. He showed that any object ...

Left in the shadows for centuries, women scientists will soon have the spotlight they deserve, in the truest sense of the ...

As Luke Jerram’s Mars comes to Truro Cathedral, we explore memorials to two famous scientists – including one from Launceston ...

Assessing the role of strong historical personalities is challenging due to the complex dynamics between people and their social, cultural, and economic contexts. Another difficulty is the subjective ...

Every time you drop a cup, watch the tides roll in, or feel your weight pressing on the ground, you’re experiencing gravity. It is the most familiar of nature’s forces, yet also the most mysterious.

British archaeologists recently found the remnants of a 17th-century house where Isaac Newton’s mother lived – not far from the site of his famous apple tree. The National Trust announced in a recent ...

British archaeologists recently found the remnants of a 17th-century house where Isaac Newton’s mother lived, not far from the site of his famous apple tree. The National Trust announced in a recent ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, is currently our best approximation ...