And I'm betting that they're right. Where string theory comes up short NOVA: Do you think there is any sort of downside or danger for physics as a whole that string theory is the hot thing that ...

String theory proclaims otherwise. According to string theory, if we could examine these particles with even greater precision—a precision many orders of magnitude beyond our present ...

A team of physicists have discovered a new approach that redefines the conception of a black hole by mapping out their ...

Earlier studies provided a rough picture of black holes, like a low-resolution image with 1,000 pixels. In contrast, ...

Supermazes” are theoretical structures that provide a fresh blueprint for understanding the microscopic complexity of black ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single mathematical framework capable of describing the entirety of the known universe.

String theory challenges this by proposing that at ... But the list was no longer short. Over the months and years, researchers had discovered ever larger collections of shapes that passed ...

A team of physicists has discovered a new approach that redefines the conception of black holes by mapping out their detailed ...

“I think of myself as a seer”, writes Lee Smolin in this no-holds-barred attack on the science and sociology of string theory. “Why are string theorists not seers?” In my opinion, toe ...

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works. Watch as weaverbirds build intricate nests along the Blue Nile to ...