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We’ve been told by science that the universe is expanding relentlessly, driven by a mysterious force called dark energy.

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding universe and our place in it ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The University of Arizona has opened a new science discovery center on their campus to encourage kids in the area to be more interested in sciences that are studied in our state ...

Like the artist, the scientist is a lover of nature. Just as the artist is restricted only by his imagination and his facility with his chisel or brush, the scientist is restricted only by his ...