Time crystals could one day provide a reliable foundation for ultra-precise quantum clocks, new mathematical analysis has revealed. Published in Physical Review Letters, the research was led by ...

Lance Fortnow on the current status and future outlook of solving the P-NP problem.

How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology. Take our hands, for example: Every time we type a ...

18:31, Thu, Jan 29, 2026 Updated: 18:32, Thu, Jan 29, 2026 A disabled man who was a Question Time audience member and said he felt "discriminated" against when he was forced to surrender his crutches ...

The audience of BBC Question Time erupted in laughter when a guest described Reform UK as merely "a care home for old Tories" on Thursday night. The man in the crowd made a savage dig about the Nigel ...

While attempting the Sorting → Easy quiz, some questions display incorrect or inconsistent answer validation for best-case time complexities. One can observe that by default O(n) is marked correct ...

I have been guilty of it. It’s near the end of a session, and I secretly hope someone doesn’t ask one more question because I am tired and ready to move on. The problem is, when we send the message ...

Many authors have written about the harm of oversimplification, pointing out that it distorts reality, leads to shallow understanding, impairs problem-solving, and fuels biases. In culture wars, it ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

In a devastating blow to fans of the hit Amazon Prime Video series, The Wheel of Time has been officially canceled by the platform. This is a puzzling decision, as the show was one of the platform's ...

Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...

Why am I so tired? Can alcohol cause panic attacks? In Ask Well, a column edited by Julia Calderone, The Times tackles readers’ personal health questions. Credit...Min Heo Supported by By Emmett ...