At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

A recent experiment at Fermilab has delivered intriguing results that challenge standard predictions, adding fuel to the ...

The scientists, from Spain and Germany, say the current standard model of physics cannot explain everything we see in the universe ...

The geometry of space, where physical laws unfold, may also hold answers to some of the deepest questions in fundamental ...

Nine graduates from South Africa and one from Botswana have been chosen as the region’s next cohort of Rhodes Scholars, and ...

A comet unlike any seen before blazed through the inner solar system in late October 2025, captivating astronomers and the ...

Raphael De Sousa (22) grew up in Cape Town, where he attended Milnerton High School and Parklands College. He graduated from ...

The old computer science curriculum isn’t doing the job it should in preparing students for the modern realities of wrangling ...

Researchers have adapted Bell’s theorem from quantum mechanics to help them predict financial crises before they happen.

Soil moisture is a key factor driving the Earth’s water and carbon cycles, but large-scale monitoring has long been hindered ...

Evidence suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not accelerate. The results imply dark energy is weakening ...

This paper describes the eccentricity, amplitude, phase shift, angular momentum, polarization, radial path, and orbital ...