String theory captured the hearts and minds of many physicists decades ago because of a beautiful simplicity. Zoom in far enough on a patch of space, the theory says, and you won’t see a menagerie of ...

Physicists claim they may have found a long-awaited explanation for dark energy, the mysterious force that's driving the accelerated expansion of the universe, a new preprint study hints. Their ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

Root-cause analysis is core to problem-solving across many fields. From hospitals searching for patient safety issues to engineers diagnosing faults in complex machinery, finding the source of a ...

Jody Brazil, CEO and Cofounder of FireMon, brings 20+ years of tech leadership, driving growth and innovation in security solutions. It stands to reason that as organizations grow, their footprint ...

Digital transformation comes with many benefits, but these changes also bring inherent risks, from the ever-expanding attack surface, such as staff spinning up new cloud instances without security ...