Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 appointed four new University Professors last Wednesday, Harvard’s highest faculty ...

Three brilliant Indian-origin researchers, Surya Ganguli, Surbhi Goel, and Krishna Pillutla, have earned prestigious Schmidt ...

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It needs to be watched how Islamabad carries not just two but three allies—China, Turkey and the US—and plays one against the other two for its own benefit ...

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his ...

For nine months, in a flood of emergency orders, the Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to expand his power.

There’s another ransomware story this week, but this one comes with a special twist. If you’ve followed this column for long, ...

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While Trump seeks to advance his trade agenda, some conservative justices appeared eager to advance an agenda of their own.

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...