String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

A list of shows, broken into subjects, that kids love for their entertainment and parents love for their educational value.

Ohio State's Caleb Downs isn’t just talented — he’s relentless in dissecting greatness itself, and it’s this obsession that ...

At the new Institute for Adaptive Mechanical Systems (IAMS) at the University of Stuttgart, the focus is on a new generation of walking robots and “soft robotics”. The researchers are developing ...

You did everything they told you to do. You earned the credentials, spent hours on your resume and revised multiple cover letters. You worked side ...

A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human ...

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

The human eye is drawn to the rhythmic beauty of tiled patterns, which occur abundantly in nature. A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and ...

In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

Things in Nature Merely Grow, she writes, is not “about grieving or mourning,” words she refuses to use when describing her ...