The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If ...

On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...

What happens when you travel close to the speed of light? Discover the real physics behind time dilation, where your clock ticks slower than Earth's. We explore how the universe visually warps for a ...