If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by subatomic particles like protons and the quarks and gluons that make them up.

Bluegrass superstar (it's kind of fun to have one of those these days, huh?) Billy Strings posted a photo of himself and some nasty-looking X-rays that came from an ill-advised bit of backstage ...

Billy Strings has broken his leg. The bluegrass singer, guitar virtuoso, and avid skateboarder was attempting a skateboard trick backstage after his show in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday ...

"I had every intention of carrying on with the tour and Dave Grohling it," Strings said, revealing that the Foo Fighters frontman offered his throne. By Gil Kaufman UPDATE: After the original story ...

What if every person you meet, including those you’ve yet to cross paths with, is quietly tethered to you by a single thread you can't even see? That's the premise of the invisible string theory. The ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...

In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major problem in algebraic geometry. Other mathematicians had their doubts. Now he says ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...

Last month, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collective reported that dark energy is evolving—specifically weakening—and it could help provide the first observational evidence of string ...