Can we create artificial gravity, or is it still science fiction? In this video, we break the problem down using real physics and actual equations. By looking at rotational motion, angular velocity, ...

I am among many Americans who lament witnessing democracy in the United States perilously spiraling into a widening chasm of distrust, demagogy, and violence. However, we’ve been here before, during ...

Fifty years ago in December, Virginians learned what can happen to the James River if we let our guard down. An environmental disaster, public health emergency and economic blow to the fishing ...

If there’s one thing all western Pennsylvanians can commiserate over, it’s the condition of our roads. In the winter, the freeze-thaw-freeze-rain-freeze weather cycle means cracking asphalt and ...

Everybody knows that college athletic programs bring in large revenues for their universities. Young college athletes are a crucial part of that revenue stream. For many years, housing and an ...

Every week, I drag two carts to the curbside: one has garbage, the other recyclables. It’s an interesting ritual performed by millions of people around the world. Garbage accumulates. Garbage gets ...

At year’s end, we lament the decline of constitutionalism — respect for and adherence to the separation of powers, checks and balances, the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. But in America, hope ...

Tampa’s city council worked deep into the holiday season on an issue that involves a mouthful — transit, race, urban design, policing and government overreach. I’m talking, of course, about bicycles.

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With our phones, our warm houses, our cars, our healthcare and our computers, we feel contented and independent. It seems easy to coast along and live a comfortable life. But below the surface, we all ...