But for builders and skilled tradespeople, tape measures have dozens of equally useful applications in the home or on the job site. One such application is denoted by a little black diamond printed on ...

Leaving putts long or short? Your eyes might be the issue. Here's how to uncover your tendencies and boost your distance control.

Not all planets are lucky enough to live in a neighborhood like our Solar System – some are doomed to roam the cosmos alone. Astronomers have now, for the first time, measured the mass of, and ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets seem to have been knocked out of their orbits, floating through space free ...

Since these planets are isolated, without stars, and don't have light of their own, even some of the powerful telescopes might miss their presence. Astronomers rely on a phenomenon called microlensing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not all planets are lucky enough to live in a neighborhood like our Solar System – some are doomed to roam the cosmos alone.

Research conducted by two physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US reveals that clocks on Mars tick 477-millionths of a second (or 477 microseconds) faster ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using lightweight tools, Eric Gilbertson hikes the world's tallest mountains to measure their heights. Elijah Gendron In the ...

Eric Gilbertson receives funding from The American Alpine Club. In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started a trek ...

Atomic clocks will only see a loss of 1 second in accuracy over a period of 10 million years. They are used in multiple ways, including the GPS in your car. Now researchers have found a way to bypass ...

No matter how many times I’ve been told (or written about) the importance of a slow run, I cannot translate it into my training. This is not to say I am the fastest runner. My half marathon goal time ...