Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time based on string theory to explain dark energy. Their hypothesis suggests that, at extremely small scales, space and time behave differently from how ...

Scientists still cannot explain what most of the universe is actually made of. Dark matter, string theory, and the biggest questions in physics continue to clash with what researchers thought they ...

Tue, April 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC The centuries-long Copernican journey of slowly displacing humans from the center of everything has provided our species with an unprecedented understanding of our ...

Some celestial bodies are so cold that methane freezes; others are so hot that nuclear reactions occur. And then there’s Earth, with a benign temperature hovering in the narrow range between freezing ...

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In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?” Hawking, who later became my ...

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