An obscure theory of elementary particles proved to be key to China’s re-emergence as a scientific nation after the Cultural Revolution had stalled its development. Robert P Crease finds out more from ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

When molecular biologist Francis Crick tripped on the psychedelic drug LSD in 1953, his mind famously pulled together all of his previous research on human DNA to conceive of the image of a double ...

"It highlights gravity's possible hidden complexity and invites a reevaluation of where dark matter effects originate." ...

At long last, a unified theory combining gravity with the other fundamental forces—electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces—is within reach. Bringing gravity into the fold has been the ...

In this 2011 image, a NASA engineer looks on as the first six of the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 mirror segments are prepped to begin their final cryogenic testing. Engineers spent three decades ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

Constructor Theory is the ability to see the deepest underlying facts about the world. The people behind the greatest leaps in physics - Einstein, Newton, Heisenberg, all had the uncanny ability to ...

There’s a lot of discussion about “time” in the world of quantum physics. At the micro level, where waves and particles can behave the same, time tends to be much more malleable than it is in our ...