A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples ...

In 1878, Bergson left the Lycée Condorcet and won entry to the École Normale Supérieure, the most exclusive university in ...

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...

Even though the model is well known and recognized, what do we know about the behind-the-scenes aspects of this photo?

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From movies to activism speeches, iconic quotes have been misquoted and misremembered for years. From the famous figures of ...

Albert Einstein was in love ... linking this new uncertainty with the death of Einstein’s mother in 1920 – ‘his first love, his first gravity’ – and also with the award, at long last, of the Nobel ...

"They're so rare, and they're incredibly useful scientifically," said Conor O'Riordan of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.

A rare ring of light surrounding a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away from Earth has been discovered by a space ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. Canadian human rights lawyer and former justice minister Irwin Cotler has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his “steadfast courage, moral clarity ...

Victor Ambros (l) and Gary Ruvkun (r) share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their ...

followed on subsequent days by the physics, chemistry, literature and peace awards. The Peace Prize announcement will be made on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, while all the ...