HYDERABAD: Scientists use mathematical models to explain why mosquito populations surge after rain, how species disappear without warning or why ecosystems recover when a missing element is restored.

The government has asked e-commerce platforms to explain why dark patterns are still appearing on their platforms despite having filed self-declarations claiming compliance. The Central Consumer ...

Two hidden voids have been discovered within one of the pyramids of Giza, in Egypt—potentially shining light on an enduring mystery about the existence of a lost entrance to the giant tomb. The ...

The Great Pyramid aligns almost perfectly with the Earth’s cardinal points. Coincidence, genius engineering, or knowledge we can’t explain even today? Warning issued by FDA for widely used ...

People often repeat unhelpful thinking patterns, or "loops." Use ChatGPT to identify invisible habits by analyzing emotional triggers, decision-making styles, and self-limiting beliefs. By making ...

I recently read a book to my 4½-year-old daughter that I immediately took out of her room and decided never to read again. That children’s book reminded me of an assignment I once had at the ...

As we've mentioned before, John Cleese and Eric Idle have been locked into a prolonged social media feud, stemming from Idle’s dissatisfaction with the group’s current management, by Terry Gilliam’s ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have bedeviled physicists and chemists. Their atoms arrange ...

In forecasting economic time series, statistical models often need to be complemented with a process to impose various constraints in a smooth manner. Systematically imposing constraints and retaining ...