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"I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending." -Fred Rogers

NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2031 by crashing it into the ocean. But is there another way?

You’ve seen them a million times. You might be wearing one right now. But do you know how they work to block a potentially virus-carrying respiratory blob?

These structures are a sci-fi solution to the problem of getting objects into orbit without a rocket—but you don’t want to be under one if the cable snaps.

Humanity has a new eye in the sky, with infrared sensors that will peer into the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Here’s how it works.

The famous cartoon schemer has an ingenious plan to lure Bugs Bunny out of his hole—and it involves a giant magnet and an iron carrot.

Even ordinary actions, like tossing a tennis ball, can be extraordinarily complex to calculate. The trick is knowing what to leave out.

Shooting a web from your hands requires Spidey powers. But does keeping your grip on one of them require Spidey strength?

Planck’s constant helps us understand atomic-sized things. One of the best ways to grok it is through this experiment involving different colors of light.

OK, so you might need a couple other supplies, but your best option is to do what MacGyver would do: Turn it into a scale.