physics

When it comes to time, and what the heck it actually is, there’s a clash of ideas between physics and neuroscience.

The Many Worlds Interpretation is just one of a few multiverse hypotheses—but is there a glaring paradox in this popular idea?

Life is a temporary, cosmic accident and the universe may very well be meaningless. That’s depressing — or is it?

Will we ever have a Theory of Everything? Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss isn’t sure that’s the right question to be asking.

New research explains how to build different types of outposts in space.

For once, beer is going to clarify your understanding. Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss lays down the empirical evidence for the mechanics of the Big Bang.

Stephen Hawking has accepted an offer to go to space. He’s one of the world’s most famous scientists, who’s been paralyzed due to ALS for much of his life.

Scientists discover unusual galaxies that raise questions about Einstein’s theory of gravity and the existence of dark matter.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the nature of time and the conundrums of time travel in a recent interview.

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

What happens up there directly affects life down here. From star-gazing to quantum mechanics, astronomy is one of humanity’s great thruster engines of innovation.

Loop quantum gravity gets the ancient atomist back into the loop, showing how black holes might explode, and that the Big Bang might be a Big Bounce.   

There are many scientific explanations for ghost sightings. This is the first ever to involve CERN.   

The causes of hit products are themselves uncausable. ‘Hit Makers’ by Derek Thompson explains why we know how to make songs, but not hits.  

Physicists finds evidence from just after the Big Bang that supports the controversial holographic universe theory.

Scientists from Harvard University claim to have created metallic hydrogen, a new metal with revolutionary potential applications. 

Physicists propose that violations of a fundamental law of physics in early stages of the universe are responsible for the mysterious dark energy.

Schrodinger’s cat is one of the most famous thought experiments of all time, but what does it mean for science, and what happens to the poor cat?

This is not the outcome you’re looking for.

CERN researchers make a major step in understanding antimatter by trapping antihydrogen atoms and controlling them with lasers.

Physicist Erik Verlinde’s theory successfully predicts the distribution of gravity around 33,000+ galaxies without relying on unobserved “dark matter”.

Einstein believed his greatest blunder to have been the retraction of one of his equations but, as writer David Bodanis tells, the great scientist’s misstep actually happened immediately after.

Forget everything you thought you knew about boiling and freezing, thanks to these MIT scientists.  

Physicists’ ideas about the nature and existence of time may seem incongruent with our experience of it, but author James Gleick makes a case for why we need to keep an open mind.

Skeptic John Horgan identifies new theories of matter and the universe that reveal human narcissism.

Physicists create a structure that breaks the symmetry of time.

Researchers create a new theory of time that goes against established physics.

Physicists may be close to creating the theoretical “time crystals”.

One of the fathers of string theory proposes a new equation that may reconcile general relativity and quantum mechanics.

George Musser explains the central role of weirdness in physics, and shatters the dreams of those who hope humans can one day tap into psychic powers.