One citation at a time, a professor and her students are crafting a more complete picture of Dante’s women.

Here are some of the pros and cons to college students using Wikipedia in their research and assignments.

A particle physicist explains just what this keystone theory includes. After 50 years, it’s the best we’ve got to answer what everything in the universe is made of and how it all holds together.

Field theory describes the universe as energy flowing along unending lines. With this perspective, it is possible to define a new fundamental building block of matter.

There’s no Nobel Prize in mathematics, but math undergirds much high-level science. The 2016 Nobel in Physics rewards work in topology, a branch of math with multiple real world applications.

Songwriting, theatre, rap and graphic novels have won literary awards, but video games remain an overlooked part of the wider literary canon.

Five million people work in the U.S. transportation sector. It’s unclear where they’ll end up as driverless technology takes off.

Measuring the ages of planets and stars is tricky. An observational astrophysicist describes the subtle clues that provide good estimates for how old different space objects are.

How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger?

These mini lightning bolts have been known for millennia. Understanding static electricity at the atomic level opens the door for new technologies – as well as ways to cut down on the tiny zaps.