There are gazillions of different possible universes that can be described and understood using the tools provided by string theory ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

The mysteries surrounding the origins of the universe have long intrigued scientists and philosophers alike. New research, published in the Living Reviews in Relativity, introduces an innovative ...

At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

For decades, scientists have taken issue with “string theory” — a theory of the universe which contends that the fundamental forces and matter of nature can be reduced to tiny one-dimensional ...