The bunkbed conjecture says that the probability of finding the path on the bottom bunk is always greater than or equal to ...

A new experimental proposal suggests detecting a particle of gravity is far easier than anyone imagined. Now physicists are debating what it would really prove.

All modern multicellular life — all life that any of us regularly see — is made of cells with a knack for ...

Dijkstra’s algorithm was long thought to be the most efficient way to find a graph’s best routes. Researchers have now proved ...

Born poor in colonial India and dead at 32, Ramanujan had fantastical, out-of-nowhere visions that continue to shape the ...

The giant holes in galaxies’ centers shouldn’t be able to merge, yet merge they do. Scientists suggest that an unusual form ...

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 ...

Molly Herring is an intern with the biology desk at Quanta magazine. She holds bachelor's degrees in biology, global studies, and English from UNC Chapel Hill and a master’s in science writing ...