Mariangela Lisanti: What an Austrian cow and Illinois’ Fermilab teach us about scientific discovery

Failure is a necessity in scientific research. In my field of particle physics, breakthroughs are often measured in decades.

6 Freaky Particles That Could Fix Physics—If They Exist

The magnum opus of particle physics is far from complete, requiring physicists to devise many alternatives—some weirder than ...

Rice University wins $22.3 million to launch two new space research centers

New funding from the Texas Space Commission and U.S. Space Force will expand Rice University's space research programs.

Dark matter, time travel and meta theatre: Emma Howlett on Aether

Emma Howlett, one of theatre’s most exciting new voices, talks us through the dizzying ride that is Aether at the Jermyn ...
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Where Some See Strings, She Sees a Space-Time Made of Fractals

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.
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This tiny dinosaur weighs less than 1 kilogram, is a Godzilla El Niño stirring in the Pacific? And much more this week

This week, a new study suggests that despite living on separate continents, human populations have followed similar patterns ...
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Black Holes, Weird Particles, And False Vacuum Decay: Why People Thought The Large Hadron Collider Could Destroy The World

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology ...