Gauging the mass of a black hole is tricky, but astronomers have devised multiple methods to measure the heft of these ...

In a recent piece for my column The Universe, I wrote about the biggest black holes in the cosmos. Black holes are rather ...

Cancellation, elimination, subtraction, removal, invalidation — these synonyms describe a core, pervasive principle in our ...

As parents begin processing information about what school closures will mean for their campus, many wonder if this process ...

Can a taxpayer deduct business expenses related to passive income? Under the BIR’s latest issuance, taxpayers need to identify and segregate their expenses more carefully. Business expenses inevitably ...

When your energy goes where you care, life works. We tend to think a “dream life” is waiting at the end of some massive ...

As technology advances, skills are becoming more obsolete at an alarming rate. Every industry, even hobbies, undergoes constant change as technology changes and industries evolve. To remain ...

The world of cells is surprisingly noisy. Each cell carries unique genetic information, but when we try to measure cellular ...

Rasgulla, a popular Indian sweet, lacks a single English name. It is made from chhena and semolina, boiled in sugar syrup. Odisha and West Bengal both claim its origin. Rasgulla is served during ...

Victoria Gibbon receives funding from National Research Foundation of South Africa. She is affiliated with The University of Cape Town. Devin Alexander Finaughty receives funding from the Oppenheimer ...

“Micromanagement” is a dirty word in today’s workplaces. Bosses who intervene too often or too extensively in their subordinates’ activities get a bad reputation, and most forward-thinking ...

Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the highest murder rates. It has more than double the national average, and is currently ranked second overall and ...