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Cosmologists behind braneworld theories see our universe as being a part of a complex inter-dimensional world.

Really puts the whole “don’t give up until you’re dead” thing to shame.

Here are four great brains from great minds, and how they differ from yours.  

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein said. So go back to school, Ivy League style.

We don’t have to stop inquiring or wondering about the far-flung vistas of reality, we just need to do it with some good old-fashioned logic.

In 1936, a school girl named Phyllis wrote a letter to Albert Einstein to ask whether a person could believe in both science and religion. He was quick to reply.

It’s so much more than mass-energy equivalence; it’s the key to unlocking the quantum Universe. For hundreds of years, there was an immutable law of physics that was never challenged: […]

Physicists make a new discovery in quantum mechanics, showing nanomagnets can levitate despite a classic theorem that said it’s impossible.

Before Hawking, black holes were just static points in the background of space. His greatest scientific legacy taught us just how dynamic they are. In 1915, Albert Einstein published his General […]

Hitler and other Nazis were fond of a strange theory that the world was made of ice.

What if entanglement also occurs across time? Is there such a thing as temporal nonlocality?  

There’s a big reason no one, not even Stephen Hawking, could fill Carl Sagan’s shoes. Everyone has a unique story to tell. For scientists, that story is one that usually only […]

Einstein believed in the unseen—like gravitational waves, ripples in space and time. Now, we can see this, as shown by the 2017 Nobel Prize physics winners.

Scientists are supposed to reach their conclusions after doing research and weighing the evidence but, in economics, conclusions can come first, with economists supporting a thesis that fits their moral worldview.  

The idea is just as ‘crazy’ as Einstein telling us that time slows down at high speeds, or Darwin saying that our ancestors were apes.    

Astronomers make the first direct observation of a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

Another week, another thrilling installment of our Comment of the Week feature with handpicked favorites from our Facebook page. 

If not for the indeterminate nature of matter, the Sun would never be able to shine. “The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are […]

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Cosmic collision yields bullion by the billions.

Many organizations look for ways to improve their employee learning and development programs in the new year. One solution with proven results is self-directed learning.Self-directed learning, or SDL, is a process […]

The secret behind the Em Drive’s thrust, which is real, may be in the long-discarded pilot wave theory.

Scientists discover a counterintuitive property of quantum particles called “backflow”.

These scientists scooped up the Nobel by detecting a ripple in space-time.

Albert Einstein shared his thoughts on the meaning of life and his own spiritual views.

Why do scientists look down on philosophers? And are they right to do so?

India is a vast land, rich in history, beauty, and great ideas. Here, we want to introduce you to ten great minds in Indian thought. These ten thinkers span thousands of years, include several religions, and more than a few fields of expertise.

The political and economic ideas of socialism are coming back into fashion.

Many people feel a profound connection to water, whether it’s oceans, rivers, or lakes. Now, science might have found an explanation.  

Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists’ attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.