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

Mathematics can be a subject that’s a bit unrelatable for some. Perhaps you recall sitting in a math class at some point, wondering, “When am I ever going to use quadratic equations?” But a new book ...

NEW YORK, September 13, 2023 — Mathematician and novelist Manil Suri talks about his latest book, “The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math,” an inspired and insightful ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Scientists have long used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But what if the universe itself is math? That's what cosmologist Max Tegmark believes. In ...

BYU's mathematics department and female math students are responding to ridicule of a club poster that went viral. The poster features four photos of male math department faculty followed by 'Women in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new paper adjusts an equation that defines our universe in response to recent new data. The cosmological constant, which describes how our universe ...

If we can find the answer, it may complete our understanding of the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As humans, we know ...

We do not live inside of a black hole, but that does not rule out the possibility that our universe was born from one. Oddly, if you were to take all the matter contents of the universe and cram them ...

For millennia, the universe did a pretty good job of keeping its secrets from science. Ancient Greeks thought the universe was a sphere of fixed stars surrounding smaller spheres carrying planets ...