The universe is a big place, but it's made out of small pieces. The periodic table includes elements such as oxygen, carbon and other building blocks that make up stars, cats or cups of coffee. But ...

Quantum physics says everything is made of particles, but what does that actually mean? “Is he a dot or is he a speck? When he's underwater, does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead? Nobody ...

Bosons are particles that carry energy and forces throughout the universe. The standard model of particle physics — the most robust theory we have of the sub-atomic world — divides every particle in ...

From the most distant stars in the sky to the screen in front of your face, light is everywhere. But the exact nature of ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

THE HEAVY snowfall in central Europe so far this year is making life hard for stone martens. A weasel-like animal, half a metre long with brown fur and a white blaze on its chest, the stone marten has ...