Science

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Three high schoolers and their mentor revisited a century-old theorem to prove that all knots can be found in a fractal called the Menger sponge.

It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.

New archaeological research reveals insights into the first-known seafarers to brave ocean crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands more than 50,000 years ago.

Matter is not “stuff” in the traditional sense but is fundamentally energy. The nature of mass and reality is far stranger than it seems.

The key to complex life might be hiding miles below our feet. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.

Think of the last time you concentrated deeply to solve a challenging problem. To solve a math puzzle or determine a chess move, for example, you might have had to screen through multiple strategies and approaches. But little by little, the conundrum would have come into focus.

With lots of data, a strong model and statistical thinking, scientists can make predictions about all sorts of complex phenomena. Today, this practice is evolving to harness the power of machine learning and massive datasets.

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs by virologists. Here’s why that’s so worrisome.

You have full access to this article via your institution. Eleanor Maguire wasn’t too thrilled when she was first offered an Ig Nobel Prize.