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Two of the world’s leading scientists have written a powerful manifesto revealing the main forces behind the anti-science ...

New computer simulations suggest the first magnetic fields that emerged after the Big Bang were much weaker than expected — ...

The sPHENIX detector passed calibration, paving the way to study quark-gluon plasma and unlock secrets of the early universe.

An international group of neuroscientists joined forces to produce a landmark neural map, which revealed that decision-making ...

Quirks & Quarks is having its 50th anniversary this fall. Bob McDonald shares his appreciation for the people behind the ...

What do quarks, electrons, and photons have in common? They’re all part of the Standard Model - the theory that helped ...

DESI observations suggest black holes may generate dark energy by consuming stellar matter. The idea resolves puzzles about neutrino mass and cosmic expansion. These are remarkable times for probing ...

EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin ...