For more than 60 years, Bell's theorem has been the gold standard for demonstrating that quantum mechanics defies the rules ...

Tenets of quantum mechanics and special relativity, among other theoretical ideas, lead inexorably to string theory.

If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by ...

Long-held assumptions tell us that atoms with the same number of protons, neutrons and electrons are indistinguishable, but ...

Thomas Mulligan explains the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and how the thought experiment of Schrödinger's ...

Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered new hints that certain particle decays may not behave as the ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

At a time when trust in the media has eroded to a historic low, sham news sites are increasingly common in Florida and across the country, a dangerous development for American democracy ...

Probability theory and the Saint Petersburg paradox can help you determine whether the stakes of a game are too great ...

Despite being one of our key senses, the molecular mechanisms of smell remain poorly understood. Mason Wakely sniffs out the ...

Paris, France–Tom Millar thought he had unlocked the secrets of the universe. In a flurry of feverish discovery, he solved unlimited fusion energy, lifted the veil on the mysteries of black holes and ...