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We’ve been told by science that the universe is expanding relentlessly, driven by a mysterious force called dark energy.

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

What if the universe’s secret wasn’t hidden in a black hole or trapped in quantum foam, but coiled up literally in a tortilla? That’s the taste of the most recent cosmic controversy, as ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding universe and our place in it ...

PROPERLY speaking, “The Virgin and the Gip-sy,” the posthumous book by D. H. Lawrence, is not a full-structure novel. It is a sketch, complete in form arid plot, but wanting in detail and substance; ...

Image made with elements from Canva. It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The University of Arizona has opened a new science discovery center on their campus to encourage kids in the area to be more interested in sciences that are studied in our state ...