Published January 7 in the journal Nature, one paper tackled the age-old problem of nature’s construction with a bit of a twist: it suggests that living networks, like our brain, may use some of the ...

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Explore the fascinating physics of a pig flying in a circle while hanging from a string! In this video, we break down concepts like circular motion, tension, centripetal force, and acceleration, ...

Readers interested in science fiction grounded in real scientific inquiry can now follow the public development of Revelation ...

This video introduces string theory in clear, simple terms, outlining its core ideas and why scientists study it as a possible framework for understanding the universe.

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? Sign up for Today in Science, a free daily newsletter from Scientific ...

Cosmic strings and Einstein’s relativity raise the theoretical possibility of time travel within modern physics.

Just a few years ago, many researchers in quantum computing thought it would take several decades to develop machines that ...

A swarm of early morning earthquakes has struck the San Francisco Bay Area, setting off alarms and rattling thousands of residents.

Cosmic strings are artifacts of what the universe looked like in the moments before it rapidly changed from a high-energy to low-energy environment—the Big Bang. Today, scientists believe cosmic ...

Magnets keep strings suspended without anchor points, and pushing a magnet piece bends notes, so you get expressive sounds with simple moves.

There's a lot of Arsenal fans defending their performance against Man Utd, who will win the Premier League title now.