Whether it's the forces that keep athletes twirling, the weird laws governing the quantum realm, or the far-out ideas of time travel and alternate universes, physics and mathematics cover a lot of interesting territory.
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Electricity flows like water in 'strange metals,' and physicists don't know why
A weird phenomenon in which electricity flows like water was spotted in a nanowire made of "strange metal" — a bizarre metal phase that has stumped physicists for 40 years.
Large Hadron Collider could be generating dark matter in its particle jets
If dark matter is made from "dark" versions of the basic building blocks of ordinary matter, the world's largest particle accelerator should be able to pin it down, a new study suggests.
'Vampire' stars that bleed their companions dry may have a hidden accomplice, new study reveals
Scientists suspect that type-Be 'vampire' stars grow by preying on their smaller companions. New research suggests there may be an important third player in these systems.
What is the largest known prime number?
There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M82589933 and contains more than 24 million digits.
The 9 most massive numbers in existence
From the humble trillion to Graham's number, here are some of the most massive numbers ever conceived by humans.
Einstein must be wrong: How general relativity fails to explain the universe
As new and powerful telescopes gather fresh data about the universe, they reveal the limits of older theories like Einstein's relativity.
Many physicists think we live in a multiverse. But they're getting a simple math rule wrong.
Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a logical fallacy.
'Refraction is then all there is to it': How Isaac Newton's experiments revealed the mystery of light
In this extract from the new book Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science, science writer Philip Ball explains how Isaac Newton transformed our understanding of light.
