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After the Cold War ended, our terror of nuclear war faded from the screen. Now it’s resurgent — and more fatalistic than ever ...

Across the physical world, many intricate structures form via symmetry breaking. When a system with inherent symmetry ...

The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black ...

“Looking at things at a very, very fast rate allows us to observe weird and wonderful phenomena,” Salamat says, calling the ...

Topological materials could usher in a new age of electronics, but scientists are still discovering surprising aspects of ...