A science experiment tests whether heating a mirror changes its ability to reflect light, exploring what really happens at the surface when temperature increases.

Among the many strange figures found in old legends, Agares stands out as one of the most unsettling. Some stories describe him as a demon of disruption who encouraged people to use the wrong words at ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For more than 50 years, scientists theorized that an electromagnetic wave could be reflected temporally—not just spatially. Scientists have been ...

In a recent TEDx Talk, What Mirror Meditation Can Teach You, I shared my work using mirrors to shift self-criticism to self-compassion, regulate emotions, and improve face-to-face contact. Over the ...

A new study of Rembrandt's self-portraits provides more evidence to theories that the 17th-century artist, among other Old Master painters, used optics to produce his remarkably accurate works. Left: ...

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

The museum's exit is hidden behind a shipment container close to the main staircase. The container should be highlighted when using your scanner—open it and lead Myers through the subway tunnels.