Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major problem in algebraic geometry. Other mathematicians had their doubts. Now he says ...

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Analysis: There are gazillions of different possible universes that can be described and understood using the tools provided by string theory If we look out into the sky on a clear night, all we see ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. String trimmers go by plenty of names. Weed whacker, weed eater, line trimmer — they all do the same job, and that's cutting grass and weeds ...

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Python’s new template strings, or t-strings, give you a much more powerful way to format data than the old-fashioned f-strings. The familiar formatted string, or f-string, feature in Python provides a ...

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A new theoretical study suggests that the mysterious force driving the accelerated expansion of the universe—known as dark energy—may actually be rooted in a deeply quantum structure of space-time.