Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.

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The Punjab School of Mathematics, originating from Sarvadaman Chowla's 1925 paper, celebrates its centenary alongside Prof.

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A scientific study disproves the idea that the universe is a computer simulation, proving reality cannot be reproduced by algorithms.

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Host Ira Flatow will be joined by award-winning physicist Dr. Sean M. Carroll to discuss his book, “The Biggest Ideas in the ...

Google’s Quantum Echoes now closes the loop: verification has become a measurable force, a resonance between consciousness and method. The many worlds seem to be bleeding together. Each observation is ...

Machine learning models are designed to take in data, to find patterns or relationships within those data, and to use what ...

Can sea slugs form abstract thoughts? Do we dare to see any "purpose" in evolution? Is the subjective just a complicated form ...

Every year, more than 100 million red crabs travel across Christmas Island in Australia, from the rainforest to the sea, in ...