Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.

The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

For many, teaching math or science to a classroom full of teenagers might sound intimidating. For Emily Siemonsma, it’s a ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

This idea was once thought to lie beyond the reach of scientific inquiry,” said physicist Mir Faizal of the University of British Columbia.

In the words of Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, space and time cannot contain the fundamental laws of physics because they generate ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

A scientific study disproves the idea that the universe is a computer simulation, proving reality cannot be reproduced by algorithms.

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, ...

Host Ira Flatow will be joined by award-winning physicist Dr. Sean M. Carroll to discuss his book, “The Biggest Ideas in the ...