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Albert Einstein’s statements on philosophy and religion were often memorably resonant. What the great physicist really ...

Quantum physics reshapes our view of time, not as a steady flow, but as unfolding possibilities shaped by probability—and ...

Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre believes instead of moving through space a ship could bend space itself using ...

This is the central consequence of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity. The object then has a different length than when it is at rest, and time passes differently for the object than it ...

Einstein offers a lesson for scientists who are protesting an out-of-control nationalist administration attacking U.S.

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On Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary, we revisit an unforgettable meeting between "two planets". In 1930, Tagore and ...

Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality. Quantum columnist Karmela ...

ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR. PARENTS KNOW IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ONE ON ONE TIME WITH KIDS. IT’S IT’S EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU’RE WITH YOUR KIDS, THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS TO BE WITH ...