Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

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A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

People mix up the University of Pennsylvania with Pennsylvania State University so often, alumni at the Ivy started making novelty T-shirts that read “Not Penn State.” You can add another name to the ...

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most recently “Livewired.” ...

Study finds that large embryo cells divide step by step using a mechanical ratchet system, challenging the textbook idea of a ...

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UChicago faculty were appointed to distinguished or named professorships on January 1. The Maroon sat down with eight of them ...

Asia Society Trustees Vali Nasr and Hamid Biglari assess the strategic, political, and economic implications of the unfolding U.S.-Iran conflict.