Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

A famous quote about insanity, usually attributed to Albert Einstein — that it can be defined as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” — actually dates to 1980, ...

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Are we medicating or "special educating" young geniuses out of becoming future Einsteins when their late talking is ...

Levi's has faithfully reissued its leather jacket favorited by the father of the theory of relativity, with only 800 ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

Albert Einstein was famous for solving the universe’s biggest mysteries - but even he once admitted that a certain magic ...

Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—is essential for muscle health. The research, ...

RR Auction adds: "The nearly 40 portraits trace Einstein's evolution from a young revolutionary scientist into the wise, ...

St. Albert the Great was considered the “wonder and the miracle of his age” by his contemporaries. He was an assiduous Dominican whose accomplishments and gifts to the Church are difficult to ...