At 25, Kurt Gödel proved there can never be a mathematical “theory of everything.” Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores the ...

Despite his status as an internationally recognized expert in his field, Dario Grana is hailed by students, alumni and ...

Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy.

The mathematics of rainbows involves subtleties that have attracted the attention of some outstanding scientists, including a ...

A new study just added an interesting twist to the complicated history of the physics theory.

Electric vehicles are pushing scientists to tackle one of the biggest hidden energy drains inside electric motors: magnetic ...

Kaleidocycles are flexible polyhedral structures composed of rigid tetrahedra connected along their edges to form rotating ...

The "prisoner's dilemma" is one of the most famous ideas in game theory. For decades, this game has been used to explain why selfishness often beats cooperation. In the prisoner's dilemma, two players ...

A new study uses neural networks to prove that memory and individual recognition allow cooperation to defeat selfishness in the prisoner's dilemma.

Emotions can reshape and distort our memories, and scientists are now using psychology, neuroscience, and even quantum maths ...

For decades, something invisible has been quietly undermining experiments inside one of the world's most important particle ...