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What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity?
Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismisse...
Why Math’s Final Axiom Proved So Controversial
Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory is so widely accepted that modern mathematicians ...
Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet
Scientists keep detecting new forms of ice. According to simulations, there c...
A New Type of Neuroplasticity Rewires the Brain Afte...
“Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel me...
A Powerful New ‘QR Code’ Untangles Math’s Knottiest ...
With a newly discovered mathematical tool, researchers are hoping to gain unp...
What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels?
The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its wo...
Quantum ‘Jamming’ Explores the Truly Fundamental Pri...
Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if...
The Ancient Weapons Active in Your Immune System Today
Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruse...
The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived
AI is being used to prove new results at a rapid pace. Mathematicians think t...
Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?
Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and man...
Experiments Ring the ‘Death Knell’ for Sterile Neutr...
Decades of weird experimental results appeared to support the existence of th...
An Arctic Road Trip Brings Vital Underground Network...
A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and ...
New Advances Bring the Era of Quantum Computers Clos...
Two research groups say they have significantly reduced the amount of qubits ...
A Through-The-Lens Look at the World’s Particle Phys...
The winning entries in the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk contest showcase the...
In Expanding de Sitter Space, Quantum Mechanics Gets...
The basic shape that best describes our expanding universe is also the hardes...
When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen
Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travel...
