A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

Mr. Giles is a novelist and the former executive Hollywood editor of Vanity Fair. Anyone who’s published a book or tried to has had even indispensable friends and family tell them why they’re not ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...

A dropped plate, a smashed sugar cube and a broken drinking glass all seem to follow the same law of physics when it comes to how many fragments of a given size they will shatter into. For several ...

The first thing you will need to do is find a donut storm. For this, you'll need to survive for a while, as these tend to appear about halfway into a match, or even later. So, just play the game as ...

Ashely Claudino is an Evergreen Staff Writer from Portugal. She has a Translation degree from the University of Lisbon (2020, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Nowadays, she mostly writes Fortnite and ...

If you miss the donut storms the first go around, you'll need to survive until the next Storm Circle closes. You can avoid all of the donuts falling from the sky and safely pick up what you've already ...

Shannon Pruden receives funding from National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development and National Science Foundation. Karinna Rodriguez does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

What do puzzles, gymnastics, writing and using maps all have in common? They all rely on people’s ability to visualize objects as they spin, flip or turn in space, without physically moving them. This ...

Aaron Buss received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Alexis McCraw does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...

You’re at a bar and strike up a conversation with a cute guy. You have so much in common: You were both competitive college athletes, have the same taste in TV and movies, want to try a local hike you ...

Meet “impossibagel,” a physically impossible bagel that mathematicians use to resolve intricate geometry problems. But impossibagel—and other “impossible objects” in mathematics—is notoriously ...