In preparing for a talk on the relationship between House Speakers and the Rules Committee (subtitled, “The Speaker’s Committee?”), I took the occasion to reread two Congressional Research Service ...

Israeli researchers unveiled a remarkable mechanical system capable of mimicking the complex behaviors of quantum systems, shedding new light on the intricate dynamics of quantum mechanics previously ...

Tech layoffs may get worse before they get better — which means that the next few months will be full of companies trying to pivot their way to survival during this extended downturn. At least that’s ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Member of Parliament for Tamale South and Minority leader, the honourable Haruna Iddrisu has said the pendulum of political power can only shift between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National ...

In recent decades the “core” of the Communist Party leadership in China can be likened to a pendulum, swinging slowly one way and then reversing direction. The core was a feature of political life ...

The Foucault pendulum which was displayed for many years in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History was removed in late 1998 to make room for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation ...

if you suspect you could be moreattuned to your intuitive powers than you are, it might be time for an encounter with a pendulum. This trusty piece of tech operates, like the ancient divining rod, by ...