The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

A new interactive web application allows for a tangible understanding of abstract concepts of quantum game theory. The Kobe ...

The number 1729 may look ordinary, but a casual remark by Srinivasa Ramanujan turned it into a mathematical legend, symbolising insight, intuition, and the friendship that reshaped number theory ...

Dr. Sam D. Toney is promoting a new fiction genre—"Plausible Sci-Fi"—with the upcoming novel Revelation Equation, aimed at ...

Modern multiverse fiction incorporates real physics equations and string theory principles rather than relying on pure ...

If these knots had a slight bias toward matter over antimatter, their unraveling could help explain the matter-antimatter ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an ...

Today, on the last day of the U.S. Open, we have a chat with a tennis writer. By Adam B. Kushner I am the editor of this newsletter. I’m a delusional tennis player. Not the kind who brags about his ...

Pick up any science fiction book from the 1960s, and you’ll find parallel dimensions explained through magic portals or mysterious machines that work “just because.” Today’s readers want stories that ...