The San Diego Zoo’s signature summertime event, Nighttime Zoo, is expanding this year with the addition of a new end-of-summer extravaganza—the Bubble Light Spectacular high above Africa Rocks.

Bubble lights are mesmerizing things to watch, up there with lava lamps as one of the nicer aesthetic creations of the mid-20th century. [Tech Ingredients] decided to head into the lab to whip up some ...

In the constellation Cygnus, a bright knot of stars seems to adorn one edge of a nearly perfect 20-light-year-wide circle, ...

Where do we exist, exactly? What’s our cosmic address? Where are we? You may already know that the Sun sits in a spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy called the Orion Arm. But did you know that we—and ...

An almost-forgotten Christmas decoration that hit it big just after World War II is once again taking its place of honor on Christmas trees, showering their limbs in the vivid and translucent colors ...

Apparently, decorating Christmas trees with little vials of methyl chloride was extremely popular in the 50s and 60s. Because methyl chloride has a low boiling point, a small bulb can generate enough ...

Oh, Michiganders — you really are a quirky and lovable bunch. You drink pop instead of soda, you invented Superman ice cream, and your state police cars have a unique feature straight out of the '50s.