The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

DENVER — A legendary wooden roller coaster at Denver's biggest amusement park has opened for the first time this year. Elitch Gardens announced its "Twister III: Storm Chaser" wooden roller coaster ...

Helen Hunt as Jo and Bill Paxton as her husband Bill standing together looked worried in Twister Image via Warner Bros. Nearly three decades after Twister stormed into theaters, Helen Hunt still ...

Few disaster movies are as iconic--or successful--as 1996's Twister. The blockbuster flick is often credited with kicking off a wave of popularity for the disaster movie genre that rolled far into the ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

As you’ve probably heard by now, Netflix just dropped The Twister: Caught in the Storm, an intense and frightening documentary about the 2011 Joplin Tornado that left a town destroyed and took the ...

With their generic titles, oft-sensationalist subject matter and frequently boilerplate storytelling styles, Netflix documentaries deserve the scrutiny of The Eyebrow Raise of Skepticism. And while ...