Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

In 1926 medical mystery, Dickinson watched five nuns fall one by one — and feared the cause could be contagious, criminal or ...

Ashoke Sen reshaped modern physics with the second superstring revolution, yet lives humbly, cycling to work and donating much of his $3 million prize, showing greatness can be quiet.

We all know we live in three-dimensional space. But what does it mean when people talk about four dimensions? Is it just a ...

The “horizon” he points to isn’t a doorway to the divine, other scientists say. Yet, modern physics has been trying to answer questions once left to religion.

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

A study reveals random exploration outperforms focused analysis—shedding scientific light on non-ordinary ways of knowing.

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Drs Frederik De Boever and Puja Kumari are growing Palmaria palmata, also known as dulse, in tanks at SAMS in Oban. (IN BRIEF) Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science have developed ...

Scientists say that while ordinary crystals repeat precisely, quasicrystals maintain order even though their patterns fail to repeat perfectly.

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Quasicrystals are orderly structures that never repeat. Scientists just showed they can exist in space and time.