Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...

Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

Fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The theory combines the ideas of particles and waves into a concentration of energy that flows throughout space and time.

What does it mean to be to space-time? The seemingly simple question gets to the essence of twentieth-century physics and has driven a hundred-year debate between philosophy and science. In Einstein’s ...

If you wave your hand in front of your face, you won’t notice anything particularly interesting. Perhaps a gentle waft of air against your cheek – that’s about it. No epiphany. No major sign that ...