The story opens with a scene both familiar and deceptively simple: physicists once again interrogating the fabric of reality, ...

A new hypothesis known as the Quantum Memory Matrix (QMM) could help explain some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, including the Black Hole Information Paradox. The idea is that space-time ...

Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.

We can never 100% prove that the constants really are constant. There is a set of very special numbers, known as the fundamental constants of nature, that cannot be explained. Where do they come from?

While the existence of extra dimensions is a cool idea, it's currently not supported by any evidence ...

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Yet according to physics, information is never destroyed. In principle, a burned book is just as readable as the original—if you analyze the ashes of the fire, the smoke and the flames to re-create ...

Why is there any matter in the universe? A new antimatter breakthrough at LHC holds clues. At one-one-thousandth of a second after the Big Bang, the great annihilation event should have wiped out all ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Despite its spectacular birth, the ...