For decades, physicists have argued about Feynman’s Sprinkler Problem, the question of how a reverse sprinkler would operate.

Physics is still full of big questions that scientists have not completely answered. From the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy to the challenge of unifying relativity with quantum mechanics, ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

This Pew Research Center analysis examines Americans’ views of problems facing the country. Pew Research Center conducts research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important ...

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Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...

On a Thursday afternoon in mid-April, nearly 400 physicists and physics students pack into a lecture hall in the Harvard Science Center to learn about their replacement. Harvard Professor of Physics ...

From the time the first steel was cut to the date it was commissioned, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford-- currently leading the fight against Iran -- took more than a dozen years to design, ...

A new AI framework called THOR is transforming how scientists calculate the behavior of atoms inside materials. Instead of relying on slow simulations that take weeks of supercomputer time, the system ...

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What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...