Time travel has shifted from pure fantasy to a serious, if highly constrained, topic in modern physics. The equations that ...

These paradoxes aren’t philosophical word games — they emerge directly from equations physicists rely on every day.

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has pre-emptively acquired rights to Oscar-nominated writer Eric Heisserer’s debut novel Simultaneous. Producers on a planned film adaptation will include Heisserer and Carmen ...

Most people’s experiences with polynomial equations don’t extend much further than high school algebra and the quadratic formula. Still, these numeric puzzles remain a foundational component of ...

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A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...

Following President Donald Trump's announcement of reciprocal tariffs on dozens of America's trading partners, many questioned how the administration had calculated the rates at which to levy each ...

Black hole singularities should not exist, according to theories of quantum mechanics. New tweaks to Einstein's equations of general relativity could finally do away with them, and explain what truly ...

Physicists including Robert H. Dickle and Fred Hoyle have argued that we are living in a universe that is perfectly fine-tuned for life. Following the anthropic principle, they claimed that the only ...

Warning: Interstellar spoilers ahead! A decade before winning Best Director at the 2024 Academy Awards for Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan released Interstellar. The 2014 sci-fi drama features a ...