Are multiverses real? If so, what do they look like? How do you get there without disturbing time? – Emily, age 9, Pune, ...

Modern physics theories highlight the key role of horizons—boundaries beyond which information cannot reach an observer—in a variety of cosmological and gravitational phenomena. Two renowned examples ...

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.

When Ayush Shetty was playing at the World Junior Badminton Championships a few years ago, the Indian shuttler had a predetermined tension for his racquet string in his mind. But when he landed at the ...

If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by subatomic particles like protons and the quarks and gluons that make them up.

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, ...

Biological systems are notoriously tough to model, especially when it comes to figuring out the axons, neurons, blood vessels, and other structural components of gray matter, or the tissue that makes ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s signature tariff policy faced some serious static at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as both conservative and liberal justices expressed doubts about whether Congress meant to ...

The universe is built on harmonies. The Pythagoreans had it right when they married mathematics, music, and the cosmos. Just as mathematical patterns underlie the musical scales and intervals most ...