The collective electrical activity of many neurons can be seen as waves propagating through the brain from one region to the ...

The biggest breakthrough in modern theoretical physics is the discovery that gravity can collapse the dimensions of space.

The late Ronald Graham wore two hats. He was a renowned mathematician, at one time president of the American Mathematical Society. He was also a serious juggler, and president of the International ...

Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites ...

Sarah Demers, chair of the physics department at Yale University, sees the potential for large language models to both help and harm her field. In July 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy selected 278 ...

Some math problems continue to haunt researchers long after they’ve been solved. A proof emerges, is even celebrated, and yet dissatisfaction lingers. Perhaps the argument is too convoluted — the hunt ...

For thousands and sometimes millions of years, marine plankton all over the world built their spiral shells in one direction. Then, suddenly, the spirals switched direction at the same time, ...