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If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at even higher energies, something even greater happens?

There could be variables beyond the ones we’ve identified and know how to measure. But they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness.

The ancient Greeks were obsessed with geometry, which may have formed the basis of their philosophical cosmology.

Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s relativity.

Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.

It’s literally the one and only trick that separates top-notch physicists from crackpots, dropouts, and those who can’t cut the mustard.

Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.

The Field Medal was created to elevate promising mathematicians from underrepresented demographics. But has it followed through on that goal?

Whose responsibility is it to ensure that there is affordable access to employment?

Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Scientific data shows otherwise.

We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!

Bitcoin’s creator owns five percent of the entire Bitcoin supply, meaning that he has a larger percent of Bitcoin than the U.S. has of gold.

If you ask your maps app to find “restaurants that aren’t McDonald’s,” you won’t like the result.

Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?

Pythagoras may have believed that the entire cosmos was constructed out of right triangles.

The opening lines of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News lay bare the culture of denial in the US.

We’ve only seen Uranus up close once: from Voyager 2, back in 1986. The next time we do it, its features will look entirely different.

Philosophers and scientists spent millennia arguing about the nature of light. It turned out to be stranger than anyone imagined.

New mathematics have shown that lines of energy can be used to describe the universe.

The prize went to three researchers who revolutionized the social sciences by taking advantage of natural experiments.

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

Math doesn’t suck. It is one of humanity’s greatest and most mysterious journeys.

It does not matter if intelligent life exists elsewhere. We will never find each other.

Attempts to normalize abnormal development could prevent individuals in need of help from seeking it.

Think you can solve it? One mathematician has already offered about $1,000 and a bottle of champagne to whoever cracks it first.

Despite losing most of his extended family to the guillotine, Tocqueville grew up to become a fervent supporter of democratic revolution.

Even with only 12.5 hours of exposure time, James Webb’s first deep-field image taught us lessons we’ve never realized before.

Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?

An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.

Even addition has to play by different rules for black holes. How do you add 28 and 47 together? This simple math question helps us highlight the many different ways that […]