Scientists are testing a novel way to measure cosmic expansion using time delays in gravitationally lensed quasars. Their ...

If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and resolving this could reveal new physics. Astronomers constantly seek new ways to me ...

By establishing a larger principle for how things shatter, certain energy-intensive tasks could gain an advantage.

New measurements using gravitational lensing suggest the universe’s current expansion rate does not agree with signals from ...

Warm dense matter is a state of matter that forms at extreme temperatures and pressures, like those found at the center of ...

Claims of leaps in quantum computing are made almost daily, but progress is hard to judge when each research group uses its ...

Picture a budget meeting at a government agency or a boardroom in a multinational firm. A generative AI system has drafted a ...