For four decades, a quiet boundary in pure mathematics kept a powerful theorem locked inside the safe world of finite quantities. Now a new result known as Sebestyen’s theorem has pushed that boundary ...

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to ...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the ...

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That calculated redirection paid off for the magna cum laude graduate who’s now a standout cast member of the Emmy-winning ...