Thus, the Bolshoi simulation models not just how the minority of the visible universe of stars, gas, and dust evolved—but also how the vast majority of the invisible universe evolved. Indeed, one ...

Christoph Adami receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Darwin’s theory of evolution is a simple but powerful framework that explains how complexity can come from simplicity: how ...

Science education reform continually occurs through the replacement of current teaching methods with alternatives that are designed to enhance student performance. Newly adopted teaching strategies ...

A new simulation showing the evolution of the universe traces the formation of the cosmic web of galaxies scientists see today. The simulation - called Illustris - covers about 13 billion years of the ...