In fiction, magic makes levitation easy. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll’s club high above its head in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through graceful ...

Samsung recently kicked off the One UI 8.5 beta program for the Galaxy S25 series and highlighted some of the new features coming with the update. While other Galaxy devices haven’t received beta ...

Our critic explains how to bring out the effortless insouciance of a quintessentially French accessory. By Vanessa Friedman Scarves are to Frenchwomen, or at least the stereotypical Frenchwoman, what ...

An umbrella from early 20 th century Japan. A wine glass from Belgium, circa 1825. Three teapots: one from early 20 th century China, one from late 19 th century England and one from late 19 th ...

Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. On Tuesday, Trump called Somali immigrants "garbage" and said he wanted ...

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 ...

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...

The holidays are here, which means questions about etiquette around everything from what to bring to how to accommodate a guest’s dietary restrictions. Expert Elaine Swann, the author of “Elaine Swann ...

The holidays are here, which means questions about etiquette around everything from what to bring to how to accommodate a guest's dietary restrictions. Expert Elaine Swann, the author of "Elaine Swann ...

It’s the holiday season, that tender time of year marked by Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas lights, and New Year’s promises. It’s also the time of year when many of us silently vow to ourselves that we ...