Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

Fan Chung, who has an Erdős number of 1, discusses the importance of connection — both human and mathematical.

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is ...

After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture.

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore ...

An exploration of how artificial intelligence is changing what it means to do science and math, and what it means to be a scientist.

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

Take a deep breath. A flow of air has rushed into your lungs, where the oxygen moves into your bloodstream, fueling metabolic fires in cells throughout your body. You, being an aerobic organism, use ...

Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ready to study dark matter and dark energy in unprecedented detail.