Quantum PhysicsOctober 8, 2025
How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing
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MathOctober 6, 2025
Prime Numbers Show Unexpected Patterns of Fractal Chaos
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Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth
Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find
CatsOctober 6, 2025
See Stunning Feline Photography Revealing the Science of Cats
Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Researchers Who Showed Quantum Tunneling on a Chip
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world
MathematicsOctober 2, 2025
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?
Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the amazing mathematics of demography to find out
TopologyOctober 3, 2025
Math’s Most Tangled Mysteries Start With a String
Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way