A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper ...

Quantum versions of Bayes’ rule have been around for decades, but the approach through the minimum change principle had not ...

Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know ...

We obviously can’t put the universe on a giant set of scales, but scientists have found astonishingly clever ways to […] ...

The other day I received a letter from a friend. My love for letters is very old. These magical spacetime capsules bring in thoughts of a person written in a different location about a different ...

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

As scientists get closer to putting humans on Mars, the need to understand why clocks tick faster on the red planet is more ...

Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal ruthlessly turned on Donald Trump, using the newest Nobel Prize winners to deliver a ...

Learn how to become a civil engineer, from education and licensing to skills and salary expectations, plus key FAQs for aspiring engineers.