Flashing blue lights seem to signal caution, or perhaps the presence of first responders. That’s on the right track. The lights mounted on poles around Bellingham are meant as a warning: The area is ...

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Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

Such as being unable to reach a burnt-out bulb, never-ending amounts of pet hair, and streaks that show up *after* you finish ...

That bent light keeps traveling through the snowflake. Some of the light will hit different parts of the snowflake and bounce ...

One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a bygone sun-like star about 2,000 light-years from ... press conference. The white dwarf appears slightly ...

But after more than a dozen hours with Hyper Light Breaker – a follow-up (though not a proper sequel) to one of my all-time favorite indie games, Hyper Light Drifter – I feel like Vito ...

If you're not a morning person, a wake-up light or sunrise alarm clock can be a game-changer. Sunlight is key to getting your day off to a great start, improving alertness during the day as well ...

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waterfalls and mysterious white tubes. The tubes are scattered across former farmland, stretching towards the sky and puzzling the residents of the neighborhood across the street. So what are they and ...

About 3.2 hours after its main pulse, it emits a weaker pulse with different properties, strongly suggesting we're seeing radio light from the opposite magnetic pole. This discovery makes ASKAP ...

There’s no better example of having a case of Mondays than the day after the Super Bowl. Coors Light announced Wednesday that it’s temporarily changing its name to “Mondays Light” in an ...