Los Angeles Opera revives its Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass' 'Akhnaten' with a new cast headed by countertenor John Holiday and with Dalia Stasevska conducting.

There are about 30 mid-century neon signs remaining in Chicago — but no clear incentives for owners to keep them up when their small businesses close, preservationists said.

A stunning video shows a brick shattering the front door of a restaurant in Ambridge before a man hurls himself through the ...

A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling sticky tape. Using a ...

Squeaky shoes are part of the symphony of a basketball game, when rubber soles rasp against the hardwood floors as players ...

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

The once lost and rare 1975 demo, which predates Blondie's iconic Heart of Glass, uncovers the band's disco roots and creative evolution.

Tiny, repeating detachments between sole and floor — thousands of times a second — create the distinctive squeak heard on the ...