A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Pixels are not neutral. They are owned, organized, and manipulated. Every newsfeed, every platform, is a system that decides which pixels of the world we get to see and which are hidden. Big Tech does ...

Can two versions of reality exist at the same time? Physicists say they can — at the quantum level, that is.

The concept of time travel has captivated readers and moviegoers for many decades now. But while people have been fascinated ...

Frank Wilczek has one of the most brilliant and original minds in theoretical physics, having come up with the idea of time ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

Researchers combined OLEDs with metasurfaces to project holograms. The method enables simpler, cheaper, and smaller displays. New research from the Andrews is advancing holographic technology, with ...

The Museum of Illusions in downtown Cleveland isn’t just another stop on the tourist trail—it’s a mind-altering journey that makes you question everything your senses have ever told you.

Silicon Valley's exhortation to "move fast and break things" makes it easy to lose sight of wider impacts when companies are ...

The speed of light, c, is not just a very large number. In modern physics it is a structural constant: the conversion factor ...

Day,” when quantum computers can break today’s encryption—possibly by 2030—posing risks for crypto, security, and finance.