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The physicist Asimina Arvanitaki is thinking up ways to search gravitational wave data for evidence of dark matter particles orbiting black holes.

Scientists are exploring a mysterious pattern, found in birds’ eyes, boxes of marbles and other surprising places, that is neither regular nor random.

Richard Feynman’s famous diagrams embody a deep shift in thinking about how the universe is put together

The neuroscientist Sheena Josselyn can evoke and erase memories in mice using new tools that precisely control the brain.

At 28, Peter Scholze is uncovering deep connections between number theory and geometry.

Scientists have figured out how microbes can suck energy from rocks. Such life-forms might be more widespread than anyone anticipated.

The regions of DNA around our genes are conspicuously absent of Neanderthal DNA, suggesting that natural selection weeded it out. Now Rasmus Nielsen of the University of California, Berkeley, and […]

Recent tests show that quantum computers made by D-Wave systems should solve some problems faster than ordinary computers. Researchers have begun to map out exactly which queries might benefit from […]

A new series of papers has settled a long-standing question related to the popular game in which players seek patterned sets of three cards.