Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to ...

String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to combine general relativity and quantum field theory ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) According to a growing body of data, dark energy is not constant. Instead, physicists claim, it’s slowly getting weaker. This has understandably shaken our understanding of ...

Understanding the universe's building blocks, the Standard Model categorizes particles and explains forces, yet leaves ...

Theories of second language acquisition (SLA) are attempts to explain well-attested empirical findings about relationships between process and product in interlanguage development and universals, and ...

The ties that bind: Ideas about fated meetings and ‘the one’ can feel our search for love with an intensity (Getty/iStockphoto) That was the first and last time I visited a shaman. I’d been struggling ...

Goodness, even in M-theory, which has eleven dimensions, time is still only one-dimensional. One can imagine how ...

Scientists were able to identify chromosomes under the microscope as early as the 19th century. But what did it take for them to figure out how important chromosomes really are? Aa Aa Aa The second ...