For years, the idea that we might be living inside a vast computer program has drifted from philosophy seminars into ...

Warp drives have long lived in the realm of science fiction, but the underlying physics that inspired them is very real and ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

In the moments before the Big Bang, our universe was a hot, dense, and extremely high-energy place. That all changed when the universe exploded 13.8 billion years ago. Rapid inflation divided a single ...

In the movies, time travelers typically step inside a machine and—poof—disappear. They then reappear instantaneously among cowboys, knights or dinosaurs. What these films show is basically time ...

A common theme in science-fiction media, time travel is captivating. It’s defined by the late philosopher David Lewis in his essay “The Paradoxes of Time Travel” as “[involving] a discrepancy between ...

Eighteen Smith alumnae who majored in physics and astronomy will return to campus this weekend for a symposium that celebrates their career success along with the retirement this year of longtime ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Moskowitz: We’re going to have a little friendly debate. Billings: Really? I came for a throwdown. Moskowitz: Well, a wrangle. A parley. A confab. Lee, what do you have against time travel? Billings: ...