Our current form of education is almost 200 years old. What should schools of the future look like?
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A next-generation LHC++ could cost $100 billion. Here’s why such a machine could end up being a massive waste of money.
If our Universe were born a little differently, there wouldn’t have been any planets, stars, galaxies, or chemically interesting reactions.
Philosopher and logician Kurt Gödel upended our understanding of mathematics and truth.
Centuries ago, the plague forced people into quarantine for years. Isaac Newton and Galileo used the time to revolutionize the world.
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
You can lead an overconfident chatbot to expert knowledge, but can it actually learn and assimilate new information?
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.
Are you in love? Trust your mother over your brain.
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Many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too.
More than a decade ago, Armenia made chess a required subject in school because it teaches kids how to think and cope with failure. The U.S. should follow suit.
Protons and neutrons are held together by the strong force: with 3 colors and 3 anticolors. So why are there only 8 gluons, and not 9?
Leading a scientific revolution is easy: you just have to succeed where the current theory fails while equaling its successes. Good luck!
A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.
Yes, “the laws of physics break down” at singularities. But something really weird must have happened for black holes to not possess them.
A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
A cute mathematical trick can “rescale” the Universe so that it isn’t actually expanding. But can that “trick” survive all our cosmic tests?
From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.
The four-color theorem was one of the past century’s most popular and enduring mathematical mysteries.
American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
How our brains interpret computer code could impact how we teach it.
Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.
Science doesn’t fit neatly into ideology.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
We confidently state that the Universe is known to be 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty of just 1%. Here’s how we know.
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
If measuring eLearning ROI is so important, why aren’t more organizations doing it?
Singularities frustrate our understanding. But behind every singularity in physics hides a secret door to a new understanding of the world.