For decades now, many physicists have pursued the hope that equations involving an especially tiny "string" could provide the ...

A new study explores this tantalizing idea. The idea of aliens hiding in a parallel universe — though seemingly absurd — is presented as a way to bridge the gap between theoretical physics and the ...

It all started with a Big Bang – and now scientists are on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the birth of the universe.

You seem to have an image of multiple universes stacked within each other like Russian dolls, but with the possibility of the number of such dolls being infinite. This isn’t how our universe works.

But in the case of the invisible string theory, it’s not so cut-and-dry. The universe works in mysterious ways, and sometimes those ways don’t have such a logical explanation. “The invisible ...

In theory, it cannot be ruled out that the algorithms might run for longer than the age of the universe. But in practice, many algorithms seem to work just fine. Almost always. Why do these ...

One of the most popular science fiction tropes in movies and TV, right up there with time travel and extraterrestrial life, is the idea of parallel universes or alternate universes. The concept of ...

“We decided to look at the probability of a given string of letters being typed by a finite number of monkeys within a finite time period consistent with estimates for the lifespan of our ...

A radical new theory plays into that, proposing that parallel universes exist and interact with each other ‒ and that scientists may be able to test for them. Prof. Howard Wiseman, a physicist at ...

Each retreated into their respective parallel universes, just three days before the election on Tuesday, when voters will cast a ballot for more than just who they want to be the next president; they ...

is professor of biology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. His latest book is The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory (2020), co-authored with Robert N Brandon.