Mainstream economics and finance theories hold that markets immediately adjust to new information. While market prices do ...

The hypothesis holds that they can see us, but we can't see them. Ask your friends why scientists have failed to find extraterrestrials and you can be sure at least one of them will offer the ...

Imagine Homo erectus, a now-extinct species of hominids that stood upright and became the first of our ancestors to move beyond a single continent. Around two million years ago, these hominids, some ...

When reading scientific articles (and many other articles on Futurism), you’ll likely to come across the terms “hypothesis,” “theory,” ” and “law.” In the scientific community, these words have very ...

In defining the word "theory," Merriam-Webster.com specifically identifies the challenges associated with the word: there are two senses of theory which are sometimes troublesome. These are the senses ...

Everyone has seen pictures of Earth from space and recognized that it is primarily blue with some parts that are green or brown, accented with white clouds in the sky. Without even being taught, most ...

An institution has offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can solve a famous math problem that has puzzled mathematicians for more than a century. The Riemann hypothesis, first proposed by German ...

Does early childhood exposure to a broad variety of germs and bacteria make one less likely to develop asthma and allergies? A new animal study challenges this popular idea, finding diverse microbial ...