Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

An old puzzle in particle physics has been solved: How can quantum field theories be best formulated on a lattice to ...

Mind = blown.

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Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study suggests this mysterious ingredient may not be necessary after all. Using an ...

An obscure theory of elementary particles proved to be key to China’s re-emergence as a scientific nation after the Cultural ...

Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...

Physicists long believed time was a basic feature of the universe. But it may just emerge from cosmic information.

In this 2011 image, a NASA engineer looks on as the first six of the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 mirror segments are prepped to begin their final cryogenic testing. Engineers spent three decades ...

Readers interested in science fiction grounded in real scientific inquiry can now follow the public development of Revelation ...