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Conventional string theory’s predictions are incompatible both with the observation of dark energy, which appears to be causing our universe’s expansion to speed up, and with viable theories ...

How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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String theory is a very complex mathematical concept involving 11 dimensions that will melt your mind if you think too hard about it. Let's try to break it up and make sense of what some people ...

For over 100 years, two theories have shaped our understanding of the universe: quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity. One explains the tiny world of particles; the other describes ...

Most organic molecules have a mirror-image twin. This concept is known as chirality. Yet life only uses one chiral molecule, not the other. The reason for this asymmetry is one of the greatest ...

In a sense, queer theory is the study of what we as a society deem as “normal” and why these assumptions exist in the first place. It seeks to understand who benefits from and who is ...