The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to ...

The basic shape that best describes our expanding universe is also the hardest shape for physicists to understand.

Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that ...

Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual circadian clock — a chance finding that ...

Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual circadian clock — a chance finding that suggests there are likely more overlooked biological timekeeping mechanisms to be ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

Astrid Eichhorn spends her days thinking about how the laws of physics change at the tiniest scales. Imagine zooming in closer and closer to the device on which you’re reading this article. Its ...

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day. No matter where you look, a bell curve is close by. Place a measuring cup in your ...

The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals. “Not reliably,” Hurst said. “I don’t think it’s totally ...