Could you build an air-powered canon to launch a baseball faster than the speed of sound? Apparently, the answer is "yup." Check out this build from Smarter Every Day on YouTube. It's pretty awesome.

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

There is rarely time to write about every cool science paper that comes our way; many worthy candidates sadly fall through the cracks over the course of the year. But as 2024 comes to a close, we’ve ...