Jim Gunn shaped the theory of the evolution of the cosmos before building cameras and spectrographs for major observatories like the Hubble Space Telescope.

How does gravity work in the quantum regime? A holographic duality from string theory offers a powerful tool for unraveling the mystery.

Solve a linguistic whodunit about a college mascot by thinking like a self-referencing computer subroutine.

In harsh ecosystems around the world, microbiologists are finding evidence that “microbial seed banks” protect biodiversity from changing conditions.

Species gain and shed startling amounts of DNA as they evolve, and even genomes that look stable churn furiously. What does it mean?

Researchers are beginning to understand the ways in which viruses strategically manipulate and cooperate with one another.

Thomas Lin is the Editor In Chief of Quanta Magazine and the Editor of two math and science books, “The Prime Number Conspiracy” and “Alice and Bob meet the wall of fire”. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to…

By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit.

A virus that causes crippling birth defects has been shown to do something else: It changes thousands of messages coming from DNA that control normal cellular activities.

The astrophysicist Janna Levin reflects on the newly unveiled, first-ever photograph of a black hole.

New studies revise ideas about the symbiosis that gave mitochondria to cells and about whether the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes was one cell or many.

The ancient creatures who first crawled onto land may have been lured by the informational benefit that comes from seeing through air.

Irrationality may be a consequence of the brain’s ravenous energy needs.

Astronomers will soon take their first glance at the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet. Sarah Hörst is writing the guidebook for these exoplanetary explorers, one that will reveal what a distinctive…

The author shows how new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art.

In a world seemingly filled with chaos, physicists have discovered new forms of synchronization and are learning how to predict and control them.

Just how fast can the fastest human run? This adapted book excerpt from Infinite Powers reveals how calculus helps us investigate the nature of motion and change.

Andre Dubus III | Tuesday, February 5th at 6:45pm[Photo by John Hauschildt] Author of Gone So Long, Dirty Love, The Garden of Last Days, House of Sand and Fog (a #1 New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s…

Researchers have just released hacker-proof cryptographic code — programs with the same level of invincibility as a mathematical proof.

These games combine quantum entanglement, infinity and impossible-to-calculate winning probabilities. But if researchers can crack them, they’ll reveal deep mathematical secrets.

The Center for Public Scholarship at The New School invites you to Unknowability: How Do We Know What Cannot Be Known?, the 38th Social Research Conference. From the earliest moments of humanity’s…

Watch The New School's Unknowability: How Do We Know What Cannot Be Known? (Session 1) on Livestream.com. The Center for Public Scholarship at The New School invites you to Unknowability: How Do We…

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