The ecology of the North Atlantic is constantly changing. Sometimes it changes abruptly. Extreme events are one driver of ...

When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This ...

Physicists in China have brought one of Einstein’s thought experiments into reality—but not quite with the outcome he hoped ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

There’s a key factor limiting the power of a potential Democratic surge next year: the number of seats that are realistically competitive. Even as this year’s election results have left many in the ...

Abstract: Known Visual Encryption Scheme (VES) schemes encode the secret image pixels into n subpixel maps (shares) of size $m \times m$, where m is a parameter of ...

Every younger sibling learns almost immediately a bedrock truth about parents: When in doubt, punish the older kid. You howl at the right time, and no matter how guilty you are, your older brother or ...

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE:QBTS) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer offered insights on. Cramer discussed the stock’s price action over time, as he said: “Over the past few weeks, this once red-hot ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...

The Central Bucks School District was, for a while, a nationally-noted example of a board that was remade in a conservative culture war image. Tuesday’s blue wave washed away the last traces of that ...

Prominent conservatives, including the president, sounded familiar alarms about voter suppression and other efforts to manipulate the vote on Election Day, without presenting evidence. By Steven Lee ...