When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...

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 ...

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Centuries before anyone pointed a telescope at the sky, Isaac Newton figured out how gravity works. He showed that any object with mass pulls on every other object—a result that explained falling ...

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ST. LOUIS — At least nine drivers say their cars were damaged after rocks or other heavy objects struck them while traveling on Interstate 44 near the Jamieson Avenue overpass early Monday. St. Louis ...

Engineers shut down the 60-year-old Fire Island Inlet Bridge on Long Island after a boat captain saw falling debris. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports. Trump gets bad news on inflation Rick ...

Below is an excerpt from Mark Twain's "Roughing It" recalling the afternoon of July 4, 1863 in Virginia City. This passage was first published in 1872. Late one summer afternoon we had a rain shower.

Griffin Canning gets taken out of the game by Mets manager Carlos Mendoza during a loss to the Rays on June 15, 2025. Jason Szenes for the NY Post The Mets’ pitching staff has been among the best and ...

Police in Colorado are investigating reports of objects falling or being thrown onto cars. Westminster police say in the early hours of Saturday morning, two different drivers reported an object ...

At the April 22 City Council meeting, councilors objected to Mayor Paul Coogan's second attempt to appoint acting Police Chief Kelly Furtado as chief of police. The objection comes after a vote from ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 26, 2023 in New York City. The stock market opened up slightly high as investors respond to earnings ...