Can We Change the Past?
Putting humans and consciousness aside, at the level of quantum particles Wheeler's Delayed-Choice experiments show that actions in the present can influence the past.
February 28, 2018
Seeing the Reality of Atoms and Molecules
In the early 20th century, we weren't able to visualize reactions of tiny matter. We didn't doubt they were there, but we weren't sure of the details. Now we are.
November 1, 2016
A New Culture of Cooperation in Academia Is Emerging
A liberal arts education was supposed to expose students to the sciences and the humanities without exploring their affinities or overlaps — but this era is coming to an end.
October 4, 2016
It's a Hot Year for Science Books
From topics like how science may illuminate our search for meaning to the search for, and discovery of, gravitational waves, there is much to look forward to on the printed page.
March 7, 2016
Space, Time, Love and Stephen Hawking
The Theory of Everything celebrates the spirit of a man who has fought for all of his adult life to uncover the mystery of time.
December 23, 2014
The Void Is a Busy Place
Is there such a thing as complete emptiness or nothingness? Not according to modern physics, where empty space gets more active all the time.
November 5, 2014