This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In 1927, when Albert Einstein began his ...

In a striking display of quantum physics, a team of researchers has recreated one of science’s most legendary experiments—with unprecedented precision. At MIT, scientists cooled thousands of atoms to ...

Philosophers of science have been intrigued by this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics. That’s because Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have been recognized for designing and performing a ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr are celebrated for their mighty minds, but the root of their genius was grounded in their childlike wonder and grand sense of play. The 6-year-old Bohr had a passion for ...

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Irritable particles -- Entropy strives toward a maximum -- An enigma, a subject of profound astonishment -- How does an electron decide? -- An audacity unheard of in earlier times -- Lack of knowledge ...