National Post: Following his stint at the recent World Science Festival in New York, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking was interviewed by ABC network’s Diane Sawyer, who asked him about the biggest mystery he would like solved. Hawking replied, “I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.” In an opinion piece in Canada’s National Post, Father Raymond J. de Souza discusses this philosophical question.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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