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For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other.

One of the most striking outcomes of the surface-minimization framework is its ability to explain structural features that ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? Outside of the theory itself being devis ...

Brian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and director of Columbia’s Center for Theoretical Physics, is the author of “The Elegant Universe” and “Until the End of ...

In an unprecedented step, researchers crafted a detailed model compatible with the universe’s accelerated expansion.

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity into the same mathematical language as the other forces of nature. While the ...

A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone ...