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According to Einstein’s theory of gravity, black holes have only a small handful of distinguishing characteristics. Quantum ...

An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes.

Patchen Barss is a Toronto-based science journalist and author. He has contributed to Scientific American, the BBC and Nautilus, among others. His latest book is The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose ...

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Janna Levin is the director of sciences and chair of the Science Studios at Pioneer Works. She is also the Claire Tow Professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University.

The puzzling behavior of black hole interiors has led researchers to propose a new physical law: the second law of quantum complexity.

For 50 years, mathematicians have believed that the total number of real numbers is unknowable. A new proof suggests otherwise.