A festinating new theory shifts focus from space to time, arguing the clock-ticking we take for granted is richer and weirder ...

Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now ...

The symmetries of the universe play a fundamental role in shaping the laws of physics. From conservation of energy and momentum to the behavior of particles in quantum fields, symmetries govern how ...

From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than we learn at school - and ...

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...