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Whether it's the forces that keep athletes twirling, the weird laws governing the quantum realm, or the far-out ideas of time travel and alternate universes, physics and mathematics cover a lot of interesting territory. Our team of expert science writers and editors are here to demystify these concepts with clarity and accuracy, keeping you up to date with the latest physics news, discoveries, articles and features.
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Science history: Stephen Hawking writes a tiny paper — and turns our understanding of black holes inside out — March 1, 1974
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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?
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'Invisible scaffolding of the universe' revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images
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Daylight Saving Time 2026 is coming
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Scientists taught robots to swim through mazes using Einstein's relativity
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Can you tie a knot in four dimensions? A mathematician explains
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'Collective hum' of black holes could settle the debate over new physics
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Do you weigh more when an elevator goes up or when it comes down?
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We now know why shoes squeak, and it involves miniature lightning bolts
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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?
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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?
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Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816
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How many holes does the human body have?
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AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?
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Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible
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Science history: Russian mathematician quietly publishes paper — and solves one of the most famous unsolved conjectures in mathematics — Nov. 11, 2002
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Mathematicians discover a completely new way to find prime numbers
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'Alien's language' problem that stumped mathematicians for decades may finally be close to a solution
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When was math invented?
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Scientists taught robots to swim through mazes using Einstein's relativity
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Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang — and found it was surprisingly soupy
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Upgrade to Antarctica 'ghost particle' observatory could pave the way to physics breakthroughs
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Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physics
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
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Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physics
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World's largest neutrino detector starts up — with incredible results
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For the first time, physicists peer inside the nucleus of a molecule using electrons as a probe
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What are the 'magic numbers' in nuclear physics?
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Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time
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Scientists smash record for superposition, bringing quantum world tantalizingly close to reality
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'Paraparticles' would be a third kingdom of quantum particle
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Physicists take step toward a 'theory of everything'
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Physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms ineracting in space for first time ever
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Scientists claim to find 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy
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'Einstein's equations need to be refined': Tweaks to general relativity could finally explain what lies at the heart of a black hole
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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
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Quantum physicists discover 'negative time' in strange experiment
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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?
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Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang — and found it was surprisingly soupy
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Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again
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