Lithium batteries sit at the heart of electric cars, smartphones, grid storage and even military hardware, yet the way they ...

For decades, knuckle cracking has been blamed for arthritis and joint damage. Scientists now say the sound comes from gas ...

A bit of relief, or maybe just a force of habit: We’re separating fact from fiction about what happens when you crack your knuckles and other joints. * It all has to do with the “synovial fluid” in ...

You’ve heard it before. You’re in a quiet room in among a gathering of people, and then—POP!—a little cracking noise rings out, followed by another, and another, and another. For some, cracking ...

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A new book on aging starts with what sounds like a promise: “It is a common belief that aging is inevitable and universal. Nothing could be further from the truth.” From this, you might expect the ...

Since 1939, there have been a couple of theories on what actually makes the distinct popping sound that comes with knuckle-cracking, from tightening fibrous capsules to vibrations in the tissue. A new ...

Last week, Massive Dynamic was the secret force behind a young boy's mind-controlling ability. But in this week's episode, "August," the Fringe team encounters the Observersstrange men who pop up ...

For over a century, the science around bones has been rooted only in whatever an X-ray image was able to reveal. Bone research solely focused on mineral content through radiation images, limiting the ...

There's a new twist in the debate about why knuckles crack. Yes, it turns out that "why knuckles crack" is actually a debate — despite the existence of the phenomenon for approximately all of human ...

Cracks in the desert floor appear random to the untrained eye, even beautifully so, but the mathematics governing patterns of dried clay turn out to be predictable -- and useful in designing advanced ...

A 28-year-old man in Oklahoma experienced a stroke after simply cracking his neck, according to news reports. The man, Josh Hader, had felt discomfort in his neck for a few weeks, and thought some ...