Even a single bacterial cell can sense the seasons changing

Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time

How the human brain contends with the strangeness of zero

The Eukaryote, the First Cell to Get Organized

Plants find light using gaps between their cells

'Quantum Memory' Proves Exponentially Powerful

Big advance on simple-sounding math problem was a century in the making

Computer scientists combine two 'beautiful' proof methods

The World of Electrostatic Ecology

The 'Beautiful Confusion' of the First Billion Years Comes into View

Statisticians use a technique that leverages randomness to deal with the unknown

The first nuclear clock will test if fundamental constants change

John Wheeler saw the tear in reality

Operator algebras and the substructure of space and time

The Unraveling of Space-Time

What Is a Particle? (2020)

Physicists Reveal a Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time

Groups underpin modern math

Kolmogorov-Arnold networks may make neural networks more understandable

Perplexing the Web, One Probability Puzzle at a Time

How the Higgs field gives mass to elementary particles

The Cellular Secret to Resisting the Pressure of the Deep Sea

A group of nine mathematicians has proved the geometric Langlands conjecture, a key component of one of the most sweeping paradigms in modern mathematics.

The vagus nerve orchestrates the mind-body connection

Colorful Ribbon Diagrams Became the Face of Proteins

Computer scientists prove that heat destroys quantum entanglement

The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges (2018)

The Webb Telescope further deepens the Hubble tension controversy in cosmology

Physicists identify the quantum mechanical basis for the greenhouse effect

Tensors, the geometric tool that solved Einstein's relativity problem

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