Our modern world has become more complicated than years past. People move faster through the world. We are more mobile, and communicate in a variety of ways that make quick work. Speed has contributed ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

Was the Franco dictatorship a cause or consequence of the Spanish Civil War? Was Einstein a medieval scientist? Confusions like these are quite common among secondary school students, who tend to ...

Complexity: a trait that attracts some and deters others. In the classroom, it can feel intimidating or unnecessary. In conversation, however, it makes for surprises that add interest to your day, ...

Physician fees have come under increasing scrutiny as policymakers attempt to constrain Medicare outlays. Our study tests the hypothesis that relative fees can be explained in terms of the physician ...

Complexity theory is a branch of computer science that studies the resources required to solve computational problems, particularly focusing on the classification of problems based on their inherent ...

Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of gravity. However, in recent decades, theoretical physics has provided some plausible conjecture to bridge this gap and to ...

Glass cells filled with liquid crystals respond to light to make the first time crystals visible to the naked eye, even if you’d still get a better view using magnification. Previous time crystals ...