Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

By establishing a larger principle for how things shatter, certain energy-intensive tasks could gain an advantage.

IISc researchers connect Ramanujan’s century-old pi formulae with modern physics, uncovering surprising mathematical ...

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There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

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New measurements using gravitational lensing suggest the universe’s current expansion rate does not agree with signals from ...

How the world of the smallest particles is structured, what is known about fundamental forces, and what particles have to do ...