On stepping into his bath and realizing that its rising water level showed a way to measure the volume of his king’s crown to determine if it was pure gold, the mathematician Archimedes famously ...

So much so that historians and the general public like to point to "eureka moments" in the history of science. The other best-known story is that of Newton, who saw an apple fall - or, according to ...

Have you ever felt that sudden spark of realization—when a solution appears out of nowhere and you can’t help but shout it ...