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For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Elisabeth Oliver's "Overtaken" is challenging modern-day social expectations in the world of race car driving.

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Is Sean Collyns a gifted psychic helping a new generation navigate death, or a cunning performer making money from anxiety?

The authors are two Indians, Dr. Antony Vipin Das and Vidushi Duggal. They set out to explore some of the most important ...

The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

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The “Red String Theory” captivating social media is a belief that an invisible thread connects soul mates destined to meet and fall in love. Originating from Chinese mythology, the theory is fueled by ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...