Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same ...

Modern multiverse fiction incorporates real physics equations and string theory principles rather than relying on pure ...

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman have warned on social media in recent weeks of the “Dead Internet Theory,” an idea that the internet is dominated by bot activity ...

Bodies keep surfacing — and so do questions. There's a dark current in Houston's bayous this year, with 16 bodies recovered, five of them in the same week last month. City leaders are downplaying ...

If you've spent any amount of time wandering through the stranger corners of the Internet, be it Reddit, 4Chan, or conspiracy-themed YouTube channels, you may have bumped into a phrase that sounds ...

When it comes to style, no one embodies the term “provocateur” quite like Julia Fox. Nearly every outfit she wears deserves the tag, whether it’s risqué and body-forward, features an unexpected detail ...

President Donald Trump spent his Sunday night bombarding his Truth Social followers with random conspiracy theory videos. In a flurry of 12 reposts in under 15 minutes, the president promoted several ...

A South African pastor's apocalyptic prophecy has sparked widespread panic—and ridicule—across social media, as some Christians brace for the Rapture to take place today. The viral claim by Joshua ...

It’s bad news for Bridget Jones. Because in an astonishing turn of events that no sartorial soothsayer could have seen coming, big pants are officially over. That’s right: the era of comfortable, ...

Today, on the last day of the U.S. Open, we have a chat with a tennis writer. By Adam B. Kushner I am the editor of this newsletter. I’m a delusional tennis player. Not the kind who brags about his ...