Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

Alexander Bobenko has spent the past 20 years chewing on mathematical doughnuts. In the 2000s, he tried to prove that compact ...

Mathematicians are still trying to understand fundamental properties of the Fourier transform, one of their most ubiquitous ...

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at ...

Researchers documented the activity of neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the ...

If you’re looking to pick a fight, simply ask your friends, “Is Pluto a planet?” Or “Is a hotdog a sandwich?” Or “How many holes does a straw have?” The first two questions will have them arguing yay ...

Einstein’s description of curved space-time doesn’t easily mesh with a universe made up of quantum wavefunctions. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the quest for quantum gravity with host ...

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has some physicists wondering if we ...

A recent gamma-ray burst known as the BOAT — “brightest of all time” — appears to have produced a high-energy particle that shouldn’t exist. For some, dark matter provides the explanation.