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Alexei Efros has spent his career learning how machines see differently from humans. Now he’s helping to bridge the gap.

A new analysis of ancient sediments fills a gap in the fossil record — revealing a massive dynasty of ancient eukaryotes, which may have reigned for 800 million years and shaped the history of life of Earth.

What makes a quantum computer more powerful than a classical computer? It’s a surprisingly subtle question that physicists are still grappling with, decades into the quantum age.

For decades, researchers have debated whether brain cells called astrocytes can signal like neurons. Researchers recently published the best evidence yet that some astrocytes are part of the electrical conversation.

Shor’s algorithm will enable future quantum computers to factor large numbers quickly, undermining many online security protocols. Now a researcher has shown how to do it even faster.

Eugenio Calabi, who died on September 25, conceived of novel geometric objects that later became fundamental to string theory.

A new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism.

Mathematical logic and the code of computer programs are, in an exact way, mirror images of each other.

For decades, Carrie Partch has led pioneering structural research on the protein clockwork that keeps time for our circadian rhythm. Is time still on her side?