Solving a longstanding mystery about complex life's origin—oxygen-tolerant Asgard archaea may explain eukaryotes' rise

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the arrival of all complex life on Earth has had an unsolved mystery at its heart. According to the theory, all plants, animals and fungi, known ...

From cells to companies: Study shows how diversity scales within complex systems

A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. But count the words inside them and a strange regularity appears: many new words show up early, then ...
Quanta Magazine

A New Complexity Theory for the Quantum Age

Henry Yuen is developing a new mathematical language to describe problems whose inputs and outputs aren’t ordinary numbers.
Channel 3000

Can apes play pretend? Scientists use imaginary juice to find out

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice ...
Kotaku

Imaginary Friend Institution

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Imaginary Friend Institution Experience the not-so-ordinary life of a young institutionalized woman in the 1950’s. Amidst the daily struggles and ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Bagley Cartoon: Imaginary Numbers

A Pulitzer Prize finalist in the cartoonist category, Pat Bagley has worked for The Salt Lake Tribune for more than 45 years. He is one of roughly a dozen cartoonists still working at a major ...
RealClearScience

Imaginary Numbers Taken Out of Quantum Mechanics

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...
Sports Illustrated

New Report Details the Numbers of Jerry Jones’s Imaginary Deal With Micah Parsons

The Micah Parsons saga is seemingly far from over, with the star pass-rusher and the Cowboys still engaged in a tense standoff just a week away from the start of the 2025 NFL season. A new ESPN report ...
Okayplayer

Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” Sees Over 300% Streaming Increase After Cardi B Sample

She went to say that she wouldn’t have been offended if Jay-Z rejected her request to sample his song, which itself flips “Imaginary Playmates” by famed R&B duo Rene & Angela. “If he didn't approve it ...
Complex

Jay-Z's "Imaginary Players" Sees Massive Streaming Increase Following Cardi B's "Imaginary Playerz"

Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” has spiked in popularity since Cardi B sampled it on her new single, “Imaginary Playerz.” Spotify announced that Hov's classic 1997 song saw a 305% increase in streams from ...
AllHipHop

Cardi B’s “Imaginary Playerz” Makes Underwhelming Spotify Debut—Despite JAY-Z Sample

The rapper’s new single “Imaginary Playerz” debuted at No. 147 on the Spotify U.S. chart. Cardi B dropped her latest single “Imaginary Playerz” last week, but the track barely made a dent on the ...