Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve the mystery of dark energy ...

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean ...

Asclepiades of Bithynia, influenced by Epicurean philosophy, pioneered medical innovations and foreshadowed the principles of ...

February 7 is National Periodic Table Day, when we celebrate the efforts of scientists over the centuries to figure out how different elements ...

Evolving understanding From Democritus to the Standard Model, scientific progress has not been serene. Credit: A Epshtein This PR-driven approach risks undermining public understanding and trust in ...

What composes the matter of science? Is there an indivisible particle? The Greeks believed they found this in the atom. Democritus, who lived from 450-370 BC, was the first person to propose the ...

Aristotle is the founder of moral science, which is in fact the science of human wisdom ... Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Democritus, Anaxagoras … According to them, the soul is essentially always in motion ...

At any rate, atoms seem no longer to be discrete solid entities, separated by what Democritus, the first atomist ... given the staggering heuristic power in physical science of the ‘everything is made ...

A torrent of disruptive Trump administration policies is alarming scientists who fear the current political climate is weakening researchers’ resolve to stick with careers in academic science.

Scientists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti – though diners should not be expecting to find it on their plates any time soon. Or ever. This "nanopasta" was created as part of an ...

There's a solid consensus among scientists on the question, according to a new survey. It’s easy to see why. Headlines such as “We’re probably not close” or “Nobody knows” aren’t very clickable. But ...