Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

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Gravity is by far the weakest of nature’s four fundamental forces, and physicists have spent decades asking a deceptively ...

As binary neutron stars spiral around each other to merge, their gravitational tidal forces distort each other's shape and ...

Zhou lost his sight in childhood, initially thought to be caused by congenital retinal atrophy but later diagnosed as ...

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned ...

The Formula 1 World Championship racing season begins this weekend. It's the most expensive, technically advanced version of auto racing, and both Ford and General Motors will be making history.

Some popular baby formula brands contain heavy metals, including arsenic, lead and PFAS, or "forever" chemicals, according to a new report from Consumer Reports. The nonprofit consumer advocacy ...

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller natural numbers. They can only be divided by themselves and 1. And in a new ...

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania—Germany’s top military officer, Gen. Carsten Breuer, stood astride a map of Lithuania laid out on the floor of a makeshift command post in this port city on the Baltic Sea. A chill ...

Will Jamal Murray or Jalen Duren be a first-time All-Star? They should be. Justin Tafoya, Rick Osentoski / Getty Images It’s that familiar, frigid chill of mid-winter, which means it’s once again that ...