How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

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

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

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

Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology. New experiments ...

What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer to this question.

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 ...

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

For their latest magic trick, physicists have done the quantum equivalent of conjuring energy out of thin air. It’s a feat that seems to fly in the face of physical law and common sense. “You can’t ...

The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment — one that physicists use to probe the physics of information. The universe bets on disorder. Imagine, for example, dropping a ...