Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

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A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore ...

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

Fan Chung, who has an Erdős number of 1, discusses the importance of connection — both human and mathematical.

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A central pillar of cosmology — the universe is the same everywhere and in all directions — is surviving a storm of possible evidence against it.

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The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum.

Two new studies suggest that certain tetrahedral arrangements of galaxies outnumber their mirror images, potentially reflecting details of the universe’s birth. But confirmation is needed.