Large Hadron Collider

At the World Maker Faire a panel discussion highlighted how scientists depend on nonscientists and their off-campus innovations

To unify the four forces of nature, physicists are turning to Lie groups, an approach famously resurrected in 2007 by a surfer-dude theorist

Our pattern-seeking brains and desire to be special help explain our fears of the apocalypse

A new study proposes that ultrahigh-energy particles from space may have violent local origins, but not all observations are in agreement

A list of some of our favorite dystopian views of human society facing extinction

Sometimes we forget where a story really starts. Are electric cars new? Where did malaria start? Who invented spaghetti? Read on, for the surprising origins of many strange and familiar things

The Large Hadron Collider could throw up evidence of new physics earlier than expected.

In addition to reacting to news as it breaks, we work to anticipate what will happen. Here we contemplate 12 possibilities and rate their likelihood of happening by 2050

An analysis of Tevatron data shows an asymmetry in the way particles known as neutral B mesons decay

The next wave of high-speed rail lines should do away with the rails altogether, say proponents of magnetic levitation technology

Sometimes the pursuit of a great discovery is its own reward

Scientists have long dreamed of harnessing nuclear fusion—the power plant of the stars—for a safe, clean and virtually unlimited energy supply. Even as a historic milestone nears, skeptics question whether a working reactor will ever be possible