From the Smithsonian magazine archives, some of our favorite reader questions about our nation's founding upon its 250th ...

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A group of scientists, including Sergey Frolov, professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh, and co-authors from ...

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China science stories of the year. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please considersubscribing. 1. China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Science can be fun, fascinating, and eye-opening. These 10 classic experiments have stood the test of time, showing fundamental principles in action. From chemical reactions to physics demonstrations, ...

Nothing sinks a golfer’s spirits like their ball zinging back out of the hole. Now, physics and mathematics explain how it happens. The anguish of a “lip out” occurs when a golfer putts a ball, and ...

Researchers have mathematically proven that the universe cannot be a computer simulation. Reality, they argue, is rooted in a “non-algorithmic understanding” that no algorithm could ever replicate.

They prove something far more profound: the universe is built on a type of understanding that exists beyond the reach of any algorithm. "It has been suggested that the universe could be simulated. If ...

For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect. When you purchase through links on ...

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(NEXSTAR) — School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” into classrooms nationwide. The students older than them, however ...