Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect ...

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists.

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, ...

In 1851, physicist William Thomson (also known as Lord Kelvin) noticed that when an electric current runs through a conductor ...

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using ...

Spacetime isn’t something that exists; it’s a model for describing how events happen. Treating events as objects creates philosophical confusion and fuels misconceptions, such as time-travel paradoxes ...

A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how neurons sense and transmit mechanical forces across their membranes—a key to understanding touch, movement, and development.

Glacier erosion is transforming Earth's landmass at an astonishing rate. Artificial intelligence reveals how melting ice ...

The rushed and uneven rollout of A.I. has created a fog in which it is tempting to conclude that there is nothing to see here ...

Far above your head, in the atmosphere between Earth and outer space, an invisible process is occurring. The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide is already manifesting itself in impacts beyond ...