Atomic nuclei come in many shapes and sizes, and scientists have now obtained precise measurements of an elusive form: pear-shaped. Studying these exotic nuclei, which are described in the May 9 ...

While the greatest of modern Chinese thinkers and philosophers, Dr. Hu Shih, Dean of the School of Literature at the National Peking University, was being feted last week at Manhattan’s ...

I try to eat an apple a day. Most days, I eat it at my desk and when I am left with the core in my hand, I wish it wasn’t such a messy ending. I thought to myself, there must be a gadget that can help ...