For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for ...

Three letters written by Albert Einstein in 1945 are up for auction and offer an intriguing glimpse into the renowned physicist's criticisms of how scientists were interpreting physics at the quantum ...

Teleology is the philosophical exploration of purpose, and for many of us, finding purpose is elusive. Is purpose inherent or ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

People often wonder why bad things happen to good people. Or, why bad things happen at all, really. Some use this as part of their basis for atheism, saying that they don’t understand why God would ...

You might say it all started with a spot of hay fever. In June 1925, a young physicist named Werner Heisenberg retreated to the barren island of Helgoland in the North Sea, seeking respite from his ...

With the help of a new experiment, researchers have succeeded in confirming a ten-year-old theoretical study, which connects one of the most fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics -- the ...

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect—a ...