Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

Quantum theory and general relativity have long described the universe with incompatible languages, one speaking in ...

Currently, there are 100 trillion neutrinos flowing through you. Don’t worry though; they hardly interact with matter. In ...

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The Nobel Prize may be the most prestigious award in science, but the new Fundamental Physics Prize is by far the world’s most lucrative scientific award, instantly making its first winners this ...

Billions of years ago the strength of the electromagnetic interaction was different at opposite ends of universe. That’s the surprising conclusion of a group of physicists in Australia, who have ...

Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When you're taught the scientific method, you think of a neat procedure ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jim Al-Khalili THE DREAM UNIVERSE How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way By David Lindley The title ...