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Marvel’s characters have forgotten who the most dangerous hero really is: the recently appointed Sorcerer Supreme, Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch.

Inarguably the most famous superhero in all of Marvel Comics is Peter Parker, aka the Amazing Spider-Man who has been ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers ...

Ramanujan’s insights into pi are now guiding scientists toward a deeper understanding of how the universe works.

Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s formula for Pi can help with calculating black holes, studying percolation, or ...

The question of whether the cosmos goes on forever is no longer just a late night thought experiment, it is a live research ...

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For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...