Smallpox was eradicated relatively quickly, but other diseases have proved harder to eliminate. The reasons are a mix of biology and psychology.
For the first time, physicists have calculated exactly what kind of singularity lies at the center of a realistic black hole.
Physicists have long searched for hypothesized dark matter particles called WIMPs. Now, focus may be shifting to the axion — an ultra-lightweight particle whose existence would solve two mysteries at once.
New research makes a molecular connection between the brain and aging — and shows that overactive neurons can shorten life span.
We finally know how big a set of numbers can get before it has to contain a pattern known as a “polynomial progression.”
Readers’ modifications of a bean machine showed how deterministic laws are capable of producing random-seeming behavior.
A surprisingly youthful estimate of the age of the rings has stirred a backlash.
Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She warns that the challenges facing computer science today can’t be overcome with good design alone.
Calculations involving a higher dimension are guiding physicists toward a misstep in Stephen Hawking’s legendary black hole analysis.