Classical (as opposed to quantum) physics rests on the assumption that all physical quantities have well-defined values simultaneously. Relativity is based on clear-cut physical statements: the speed ...

Understanding the brain's functional architecture is a fundamental challenge in neuroscience. The connections between neurons ultimately dictate how information is processed, transmitted, stored, and ...

Causality is key to our experience of reality: dropping a glass, for example, causes it to smash, so it can’t smash before it’s dropped. But in the quantum world those rules don’t necessarily apply, ...

Quantum mechanics wreaks even more havoc with conventional ideas of causality than some have suspected – according to a team of researchers based in Australia, with collaborators in Scotland and ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Science skepticism can be quite multifaceted. A book published by Haverford College argues ...

(This article was coauthored with Kathleen D. Vohs and first published in Dialogue, the newsletter for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, alongside a companion piece by John Bargh and ...

The "superiority framework" is a strategic approach employed to maintain a competitive advantage in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market. The framework consists of five core elements: product ...