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In 1963, the mathematician Roy Kerr found a solution to Einstein’s equations that precisely described the spacetime outside what...

DTN - August 21, 2022

Last year, the particle physicist Lance Dixon was preparing a lecture when he noticed a striking similarity between two...

DTN - August 14, 2022

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Physical scientists seem to find the phenomenon of chaos everywhere: in the orbits of planets, in weather systems, in...

DTN - August 7, 2022

Science

In 1850, Thomas Penyngton Kirkman , a mathematician when he wasn’t fulfilling his main responsibility as a vicar in...

DTN - July 31, 2022

The impact of Earth’s geology on life is easy to see, with organisms adapting to environments as different as...

DTN - July 24, 2022

Science

In late February, just weeks after Maryna Viazovska learned she had won a Fields Medal—the highest honor for a...

DTN - July 17, 2022

Science

When our phones and computers run out of power, their glowing screens go dark and they die a sort...

DTN - July 10, 2022

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On October 9, 2009, a 2-ton rocket smashed into the moon traveling at 9,000 kilometers per hour. As...

DTN - July 3, 2022

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