MANY readers of NATURE may have heard an incredible story, broadcast by the B.B.C., Regional, on January 11, 1938, in a series of talks called “Strange to Relate”, about an alleged James ...

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A quantum breakthrough in strange metals could unlock energy-efficient superconductors, revolutionizing power grids.

"Our experiment shows: Nature really is as strange as quantum theory claims," says physicist Stephan Sponar of the Vienna University of Technology. "No matter which classical, macroscopically ...

Boston Globe via Getty Images In her new book, Knocking on Heaven's Door, Harvard University theorist Lisa Randall explores how physics may transform our understanding of the fundamental nature of ...

Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ultra-fast shark species.