Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?” Hawking, who later became my ...

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...

The holiday season is typically a time for celebration. Families get together for food and festivities, wanting to end the year with a bang. In between all the parties and obligations, there’s time to ...

For various, typically historical reasons, even the best physicists claim things that sound egregious to modern observers. That doesn’t necessarily mean these ideas are completely useless—if anything, ...

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Commentators are slamming Tucker Carlson for peddling the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was made in a way that rendered Jewish people immune to the deadly virus. On the Monday episode of “The Tucker ...

String of pearls is a succulent vine that is typically grown as a houseplant or as an ornamental in outdoor hanging baskets. It's recognized by its charming pea-shaped leaves that grow on trailing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The idea that Lex Luthor may have given Sasha Bordeaux her cybernetic enhancements makes it ...

Two Philadelphia men have been arrested and charged in a string of thefts from vehicles in Caernarvon Township. Robert Lucera, 30, and Matthew Payne, 28, were each arraigned Thursday in front of Berks ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to ...