Asked whether he thinks time is an illusion, Torrengo removes his glasses. Time, he says, is akin to the blurriness of the world seen without spectacles: “an experience of something that elicits a ...

During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String ...

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his ...

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Born in 1879 in the German city of Ulm, Einstein, we are told, had a ‘Victorian childhood’. He grew up at a time in which the scientific universe consisted of ‘two great realms’, energy and matter, ...

One of the major consequences of Einstein's special theory of relativity is that time is not absolute. The passage of time depends on the observer, so we all have our own clocks. It might seem ...

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A doctor from Bengaluru tactfully handled a prying relative's question about his salary by revealing that his tax payments were higher than the total income of the relative's sons. His response ...