Optimal packing problems have inspired mathematicians for centuries. Biophysicists now add a layer to the question: How do ...

If these knots had a slight bias toward matter over antimatter, their unraveling could help explain the matter-antimatter ...

The science is unsettled, but researchers say there is cause for concern. Tiny plastic particles like these—called microplastics—are added to some exfoliating skincare gels and can get into the ...

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...

It's my favorite for connecting fluorocarbon to braid, but I found an error in my original GT knot diagram. Here’s the corrected, step-by-step instructions.