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Priyamvada Natarajan has pioneered the mapping and modeling of the universe’s invisible contents, especially dark matter and supermassive black holes.

Neural networks can be as unpredictable as they are powerful. Now mathematicians are beginning to reveal how a neural network’s form will influence its function.

Among these cave insects, the females evolved to have penises — twice. The reasons challenge common assumptions about sex.

Perfect black holes are versatile mathematical tools. Just don’t mistake them for the real thing.

Turbulence is everywhere, yet it is one of the most difficult concepts for physicists to understand.

People have known about magnets since ancient times, but the physics of ferromagnetism remains a mystery. Now a familiar puzzle is getting physicists closer to the answer.

Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals.

The Brazilian mathematician Carolina Araujo, who calls herself “a bit of an anarchist,” is organizing meetings and building a support network to study and solve the problems women face in mathematics.

An analysis of lunar craters has found that we’ve been living in a relatively violent period in cosmic history.