The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

Quanta Books is delighted to announce two new upcoming books by mathematician Terence Tao and theoretical physicist David Tong. Six Math Essentials will be Tao’s first math book written for a popular ...

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Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...

The Lester B. Pearson School Board has offered support and counselling to Grade 10 students at St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire after an “inappropriate and explicit” image was accidentally ...

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New Delhi: New observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have caused new scientific controversy following a just-released image which revealed a tail on the comet that was unusually thin, ...