For the first time, an international team of scientists has experimentally simulated spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) at zero temperature using a superconducting quantum processor. This achievement ...

“Scientists have long observed that the capability for a material to absorb electromagnetic radiation — a wave of energy in the form of sunlight and X-rays, among others — at a given wavelength and ...

Includes bibliographical references and indexes Introduction: On reading masterpieces of philosophy in a changing world / John K. Roth -- The analects of Confucius / Confucius -- Bhagavad Gita / ...

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Combined with their recent fad for sinking yachts, killer whales are starting to look like the Robin Hoods of the sea.

The Big Bang may mark an end—not the start—of a previous universe's aeon. Penrose's theory sees the universe as an eternal ...

Consciousness gives rise to a sense of self and personal agency. The question is, how do biological processes give rise to ...

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela ...

In a dark corner of a guest house in Helgoland, a diary by Werner Heisenberg has been discovered, describing how he developed ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

Regular readers might recall my column six weeks ago was autobiographical, covering my primary and secondary school years. My ...

A wave of teacher departures and curriculum shifts under Columbia Secondary School’s new principal has led to growing ...