What is the stuff in the universe made of? Our high-school physics tells us atoms, with 90 natural elements building the world around us. But what are these atoms made of? Over the last century, we've ...

String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle, ...

It came out of nowhere like an express train in the night. Only it wasn't an express train - it was an entire universe, hurtling towards our own from a higher dimension. Before the collision, our ...

In my last post, Artificial Intelligence and the Shape of Reality, I jumped off the deep end and explored an idea that surprised even me as I wrote it—that the high-dimensional space in which large ...

Spider webs have something in common with guitar strings: Both can vibrate. Much like the strings of a strummed guitar, spider silk transmits vibrations across a range of frequencies. The quivering ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

SEYMOUR: Hello! Seymour Science here with my musical friend Davina…and today we’re talking about…SOUND! La, la, la la la la la laaaa…. DAVINA: Err, thanks Seymour! So, how are sounds made? Well, ...