When my elder brother and I were kids back in the late 1970’s, our hacker Dad showed us this 1960-61 catalog of the Atlas Lighting Co (later Thorn Lighting) with an interesting graphic design on the ...

The first Foucault’s pendulum I ever saw was at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the city where I was born. The pendulum hung in a stairwell. Its wire was attached to the ceiling four stories ...

Foucault pendulums are a popular feature in science museums around the world. This one hangs out in the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy. Photo: sylvar/Flickr __1851: __ Léon ...

Remember when I told you that the overreach of the left on abortion laws nationwide was going to cause a backlash? That when that pendulum came flying back down it was going to leave a mark? Consider ...

“We found out once we’d been in the U.K. for a while and then we came back home, the crowds came out to see us then,” Swire recalls with a laugh. While Hold Your Colour, Pendulum’s 2005 debut ...

Pendulum have moved the crowds at the Glastonbury festival with a high-energy set on the Pyramid Stage. The 'Propane Nightmares' band kicked off their show with frontman Rob Swire calling for ...

__1851: __ Léon Foucault uses a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. It is the first direct visual evidence not based on watching the stars circle in the sky. Jean Bernard Léon Foucault ...