Long before Stranger Things' "Conformity Gate," fans of the BBC's Sherlock had their own theory about the existence of a ...

Even if Episode 9 never appears, the Conformity Gate theory has already changed how people view the “Stranger Things” finale.

Another fan theory about "Stranger Things" Season 5 has emerged, this time speculating there is a bonus episode coming. It ...

Stranger Things fans -- including myself -- are all wondering one thing about the series finale that dropped on New Year's Eve: Is a certain character dead or alive? WARNING: STRANGER THINGS FINALE ...

In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...

Mobile money has become a central digital alternative to traditional banking in developing countries, yet several African governments have introduced taxes on mobile money transactions. We develop a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

"We have demonstrated that it is impossible to describe all aspects of physical reality using a computational theory of quantum gravity," says Dr. Faizal. "Therefore, no physically complete and ...

The Health and Human Services Secretary referred to a video of a woman “gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta” Roy Rochlin/Getty;Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. referred to ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum mechanics to infinitely intricate mathematical structures. Hofstadter was ...

How did we get here? Humanity, life on Earth, our planet itself—how did everything in the universe come into being? Well, as far as we know, it all started with the Big Bang. But while the Big Bang ...

One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics. Over the course of last year, researchers fulfilled a decades-old dream when they unveiled a proof of ...