Fifty-eight years after it first appeared, string theory remains the most popular candidate for the “theory of everything,” the unified mathematical framework for all matter and forces in the universe ...

In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

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In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...

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Last month, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collective reported that dark energy is evolving—specifically weakening—and it could help provide the first observational evidence of string ...

String trimmers (also called weed whackers) are the tool of choice to cut high grass along fences, rock walls, and garden beds. That’s because they’re designed to get into tight areas where mowers can ...

Scientists seeking the secrets of the universe would like to make a model that shows how all of nature’s forces and particles fit together. It would be nice to do it with Legos. But perhaps a better ...

Two physicists have come across infinitely many novel equations for pi while trying to develop a unifying theory of the fundamental forces Saha and Sinha are not mathematicians. They were not even ...

The string test, which is also called the Entero-test, is a test used to find parasites in the upper part of your gastrointestinal tract. To perform the test, you swallow a string. When the string is ...

A string farm in Minecraft is one of the simplest farms that a player can make. String can be used to make useful gear like bows, crossbows, or fishing rods, doubles as furnace fuel, or even turned ...