A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning.

Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids. How do you explain the laws of physics to a toddler?

Physics can feel inscrutable to students; this lesson helps them understand a graphing problem by analyzing their own ...

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Three themes, two historical events and the other a concept from physics, may best describe (or even define) the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Physics first. In this schema, singularity ...

Abstract: Quantum computers, quantum communication systems, and quantum sensors are expected to revolutionize science and technology by exploiting the unique properties of quantum systems, like ...

Erika Kirk honored late husband Charlie Kirk Friday by posting a heartwarming video of him teaching their daughter some of the basics of physics. In the video, which had already garnered more than 1.3 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

Donald Trump won’t stop lying about his dangerous plan to decrease drug prices in the stupidest way possible. “This is something that nobody else can do,” Trump said during a reception with members of ...

An independent, applied research institute, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Stade, Germany, is changing the physics of machining – or to be ...

Artificial intelligence can beat world champions at chess, generate stunning artwork, and write code that would take humans days to complete. Yet when it comes to understanding why a ball falls down ...