Earth’s Rotation Day 2026: Date, history, significance and why it is celebrated

Earth's Rotation Day commemorates the significant discovery by French Physicist Leon Foucault. In 1851, Foucault proved that Earth rotates on its axis, using a swinging pendulum famously called ...
Hackaday

What To Do When Your Foucault Pendulum Stops Swinging

At the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Foucault Pendulum has stopped after decades of swinging. Here's what happened.

The pendulum at the museum is attached to a 61-foot-long cable. It typically swings as the Earth rotates, knocking down pegs, until it suddenly stopped this month. The Houston Museum of Natural ...
Game Rant

You Can Play a Demo of Capcom's Mysterious New Sci-Fi Game Pragmata Right Now

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...
The American Prospect

Planning No Kings Demonstrations for July 4, 2026

A demonstrator holds a copy of the Declaration of Independence during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, September 19, 2025. Credit: Bryan Dozier/NurPhoto via AP But popular awareness of the ...
WRAL

Raleigh residents rally against Border Patrol in Charlotte, call for end to immigration crackdown

Protests spread across the state as people rally against Border Patrol agents’ presence in Charlotte. On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered in Moore Square and marched throughout the streets of ...
Forbes

The Artist Who Captured 18th Century Science Demonstrations

We’ve known for a long time that the planets travel around the sun, but there was a period where this was still new, exciting, and worthy of public demonstrations. Eighteenth century artist Joseph ...
Consequence

Maynard James Keenan Goes Full Goth on New Puscifer Single “Pendulum”: Stream

Just 10 days after announcing their new album, Normal Isn’t, and releasing the first single, “Self Evident,” Puscifer are offering a Halloween treat with the unveiling of a second single, titled ...
The Conversation

The ‘demonstration effect’ can inspire girls to play — but only if communities are ready

Georgia Teare receives funding from Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Laura Misener receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Western University ...
CNN

Shrapnel from Marines anniversary demonstration detonates over California interstate and hits squad car, highway patrol says

An artillery shell fired as part of the Marine Corps’ 250-year anniversary celebrations prematurely detonated over Interstate 5 in California Saturday, striking a patrol vehicle with shrapnel, ...
KTLA

‘No Kings’ demonstrations span all 50 states and around the world

A global wave of “No Kings” demonstrations took place Saturday, as countless protesters gathered in cities across the United States and abroad to voice opposition to what organizers describe as ...