Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s rendition of a multibranched network of neurons. Sign up for Today in Science, a free daily newsletter from Scientific ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much to the delight of the mainstream media, there's a battle royal going on in physics. Over recent months, a fair bit of mud has been slung in the theoretical physics community over the issue of ...

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 ...

A decades-old idea is quietly regaining attention in theoretical physics: ancient structures embedded in the universe’s fabric could reshape current understanding of time. Long dismissed as fringe ...

For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other. Quantum theory governs particles and fields, while Einstein’s gravity describes ...

Systems aren’t truly random—outcomes are shaped by structure, constraints, and time, just like reliability performance in industrial operations. Early system states are constrained; risk and outcome ...

Grammy-nominated cellist and former professor Matt Haimovitz is returning to his old stomping grounds this weekend, bringing a high-tech reimagining of the Baroque era to The Drake in Amherst.

Our survival has always hinged on navigating the world with caution. There are better ways to live The post There Must Be Room for Black Joy in Public Spaces first appeared on The Walrus.

Friedmann accepted this new term but pointed out a radical alternative: the universe did not have to be frozen. He argued that Einstein’s static universe was merely a special case and that the cosmos ...

Finding the right book can make a big difference, especially when you’re just starting out or trying to get better. We’ve ...