Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help unravel the mystery of dark matter. The Standard Model of particle physics o ...

Lamorna Ash’s “Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever” reports on the young faithful in Britain, while Ross Douthat’s “Believe” has ...

Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

In recent years, an irresistibly intuitive hypothesis has both salved and fuelled parental anxieties: it’s the phones.

The spiritual view of life is trapped between two opposite words, physics and metaphysics, the study of the physical world and the study of what might lie beyond the physical. Given a choice ...

A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be ...

This year’s Kaczmarczik Lecture was the 24th installment of this signature College of Arts and Sciences event, and the first to feature a live jazz performance. Keynote speaker Dr. Stephon Alexander ...

But while all superheroes and superhero movies deal with things that defy the laws of physics, there’s one movie that Neil deGrasse Tyson says is the most unrealistic: 1978’s Superman.

Only a few individuals or teams are awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records for specific actions or research they’ve done. One of those teams is led by the University of Colorado Boulder ...