A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum particle — could be created in exotic materials.

The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understand both human and AI-generated language.

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to ...

When pigeons outnumber pigeonholes, some birds must double up. This obvious statement — and its inverse — have deep ...

A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by certain “nightmare scenarios.” A new proof has removed that obstacle. Imagine an ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate. Encased in the skull, perched atop the spine, the brain has a ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — plays a vital, overlooked role in the first steps of life. Each of us starts ...