Scientists at Fermilab’s MicroBooNE experiment have ruled out the existence of the elusive sterile neutrino, a particle proposed for decades to explain puzzling neutrino behavior. Their high-precision ...

The coldest and densest molecular gas clouds in the interstellar medium can have temperatures of 10 K (-505 °F/-263 °C), ...

Mathematicians rely on numbers, but finding words to explain different levels of certainty has stymied everyone from the ...

We like the predictable, and we want solid ground to stand on, but life is ambiguous and often unforeseeable. We don’t know what will happen from one day to the next. I had a friend who worried about ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world. This is how countless films and stories describe it, but scientists have always ...

As staff members from health systems across the country continue to tackle government regulations, emerging technology, and evolving patient expectations, Becker’s asked five strategic leaders in ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More ...

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

Over on his fan newsletter, writer Scott Snyder has revealed just how long he's planning his run to last on Absolute Batman. Having to change plans last minute, Snyder did a fan Q&A and revealed that ...

When companies focus on cost cutting and hoarding cash, they can alienate customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, and communities—just when they’re needed most. by Sandra J. Sucher and David M.

The world economy has proven more resilient than many feared. The nightmare of an all-out trade war has so far been averted, as has a global recession. Businesses are adapting to trade disruption.