At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

Could the universe have hidden dimensions we’ve yet to detect? The idea of extra dimensions has intrigued physicists for over ...

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Is the universe thinking and learning on some level? This is a thorny subject, but one that some researchers are willing to consider. According to research that was published in the pre-print server ...

In the ideal scenario of a bicycle wheel on a frictionless axle, there is no external torque acting on the wheel once it is set in motion. This is why it continues to spin at a constant angular ...

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery – not just of the two Captains, but the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, ...