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Physicists have finally confirmed a phenomenon that sounds like pure science fiction: waves that appear to bounce off a ...

Time travel movies have different rules about what happens when you start messing around with the timeline. If you’ve ever wondered which ones make the most sense, we may now have an answer. According ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers. Strangely, although we feel as if we ...

Is there such thing as time or is it just the commencing of moving particles? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better ...

A pair of scientists from the UK recently published a pre-print research paper discussing the theory of a universe with no beginning. Imagine it: our universe has always existed. The Big Bang either ...

Einstein’s theories of relativity propose that forward time travel is theoretically feasible by nearing light speeds, but backward time travel presents more challenges. Theoretical models like ...

He was a gentleman who helped create the world’s most deadly weapon; a humble man who collected as many honors as almost any man of his time. Before he died of a heart attack last week at 77, Danish ...

Can advanced physics be taught in a project-based curriculum? Robert P Crease drops in at an innovative, new US engineering college to find out Learn by doing: students from Olin College with their ...