One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico ...

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 ...

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner atop its Atlas 5 rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the June 5 Crew Flight Test launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky In the unforgiving void of space, where errors are ...

The viral interpretation of Kratsios's comment reflects the growing impact of social media in framing public understanding of government messaging. While the White House has not issued a formal ...

Observing time distortions could show whether Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...