In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...

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Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...

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More data is emerging supporting a sharp decline in the number of young adults identifying as transgender or non-binary. Last week, Fox News Digital reported on data shared by Eric Kaufman, a ...

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Has the gender madness fever finally broken among America’s youth? Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, compiled a report for the Centre for Heterodox Social Science ...

Artist’s impression of the powerful winds blowing from the bright X-ray source GX13+1. The X-rays are coming from a disc of hot matter, known as an accretion disc, that is gradually spiralling down to ...

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A Ramsey County judge struck down a ban on a firearm device that can double the rate of fire, siding with a gun rights group that argued the way by which state lawmakers approved the law was ...

A Ramsey County district judge on Monday struck down the state’s ban on binary triggers because of how the provision was inserted into a nearly 1,500-page tax omnibus bill. A binary trigger is a gun ...