Lost cities, missing tombs, and unexplained occurrences. History still holds unanswered questions for these seven events.

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A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." ...

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A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...

The science pros at TKOR push pyro limits with exploding LEGO and flammable balls experiments.

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Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

What started as a routine task quickly turned into a serious accident. A mistake inside the home led to a sudden explosion ...

The rapid expansion of high-throughput sequencing technologies has generated unprecedented amounts of multi-omics data, ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?