Over geological time, information loss is the norm, not the exception. The “unitarity” principle of quantum mechanics says ...
Yet according to physics, information is never destroyed. In principle, a burned book is just as readable as the original—if ...
A recent experiment at Fermilab has delivered intriguing results that challenge standard predictions, adding fuel to the ...
In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...
In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for ...
String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...
A warning made about AI technology by British theoretical physicist and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking in 2014 has grabbed attention as multiple videos made by OpenAI’s Sora 2 technology go ...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.John Clarke, ...