Recent experiments and simulations are beginning to answer some fundamental questions about the origin of life.
Two research teams have used eye-tracking methods to learn how students approach complex physics problems.
In the last century, physicists have revealed a complex world of fundamental particles.
Brian Metzger, an astrophysicist at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics, weighs in on a series of recent studies that describe a giant flare erupting from a magnetar — a neutron star with an outlandishly intense magnetic field.