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A strange form of matter called a time crystal has fascinated physicists for about a decade. These systems move in repeating ...

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Many have wondered why the Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu never won a share of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Physics for her experimental verification of parity violation. Mats Larsson and ...

There has been much attention on 107 Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (the INDIA bloc) having given notice of an impeachment motion in December 2025, seeking the removal of Justice G.R.

We are used to heat flowing from hot objects to cool ones, and never the other way round, but now researchers have found it is possible to pull off this trick in the strange realm of quantum mechanics ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than ...

The celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other documentaries was known for in-depth, unadorned movies that ...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India AI Impact Expo 2026 today (February 16) at Bharat Mandapam in the national ...