Physics graduate student Carolina Figueiredo GS won $50,000 as the inaugural laureate of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation’s ...

A good chunk of cosmology is riding on whether dark matter exists or not. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is ...

A new analysis of the “Boltzmann brain” paradox suggests our memories and sense of reality could, in theory, be random ...

While there are many theories about how AI might change our future, one particularly wild theory suggests we might be used as ...

New biography of Alan R. Moritz traces how forensic science learned to define what it can — and cannot — know.

The vast amount of misinformation circulating in public health is largely due to not understanding evidence-based science.

Researchers conducted a trio of experiments to determine the slimming effect — a styling technique that uses optical ...

Eight Princeton professors were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year: Cliff Brangwynne, Chris Chang, Maria ...

What is Taylor’s scientific management theory? Learn its core principles, real-world applications and how it compares to ...

Northwestern Computer Science alum Yifan Wu (PhD ’25) has received an Honorable Mention for the Association for Computing ...

For years, the idea of building a working replica of the human brain has lived comfortably in the realm of science fiction. A ...

Within Lake Kivu you can find some 300 cubic kilometers (72 cubic miles) of dissolved carbon dioxide – multiple orders of ...