Everyday frustrations in science, from unstable jobs to opaque journals, might feel abstract to non-scientists, but they ...

To the outsider, data science can appear to be modern-day alchemy. It may look like a combination of broad mathematical and statistical knowledge, the ability to hack and expertise in some specific ...

A new study describes how machine learning tools, run on classical computers, can be used to make predictions about quantum systems and thus help researchers solve some of the trickiest physics and ...

“Lack of wings and lack of evident means of propulsion clearly rule out conventional aircraft and helicopters. Many are soundless, many move at such speeds and with such accelerations that they defy ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

Want to really promote science to kids so they keep that interest? Give them problems to develop solutions for. For instance, some people still like to read physical books (I’m one of them). Sometimes ...

A solution to P vs NP could unlock countless computational problems—or keep them forever out of reach. 1. On Monday, July 19, 2021, in the middle of another strange pandemic summer, a leading computer ...

Erik Hoel opens his recent book, The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science 1, with a review of “humanity’s two perspectives on the world.” I learned of Hoel’s ...