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Prime numbers are endlessly fascinating to number theorists and math enthusiasts. This month’s puzzle explores primes by cooking up a whimsical dish of grilled snake ribs.

Even in the age of sun-observing satellites, astronomers like Jay Pasachoff still seek out total solar eclipses for the tales they can tell about our sun.

To create a good living replica of the human brain, your best hope may be to let “organoid” components assemble it for you.

Two “rare jewels” have illuminated a mysterious multidimensional object that connects a huge variety of mathematical work.

The pot-stirring string theorist and quantum gravity theorist never sits still for long.

The first major results from the Dark Energy Survey signal the start of a new era of cosmology.

Textbooks say that the moon was formed after a Mars-size mass smashed the young Earth. But new evidence has cast doubt on that story, leaving researchers to dream up new ways to get a giant rock into orbit.

Species gain and shed startling amounts of DNA as they evolve, and even genomes that look stable churn furiously. What does it mean?

Astronomers thought that all Type Ia supernovas shine with the same brightness, making them incredibly useful cosmic yardsticks. But uncertainty over what causes these explosions has led researchers to reconsider their assumptions.