Cosmology is the one field in which researchers can—literally—witness the past. The cosmic background radiation, ancient light streaming toward us since the Big Bang, provides a pristine window onto the birth and evolution of the universe.

In 1935, Albert Einstein and two colleagues published a landmark paper revealing that quantum mechanics allows widely separated objects to influence one another, even though nothing travels between them. Einstein called it spooky and rejected the idea, arguing instead that it exposed a major deficiency in the quantum theory.

The winners of the 2018 Kavli Prize In Nanoscience Are Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Virginijus Siksnys for pioneering work on Crispr-cas9. 2018 marks the tenth anniversary of the prestigious …

The experimental successes of quantum mechanics are astounding, yet the theory still has towering mysteries regarding the essence of quantum reality. Philosopher David Albert joins Brian Greene to explore the …

Winners of the prestigious 2010 Kavli Prizes—biennial international awards that recognize seminal advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience, and include a cash prize of $1 million in each field— were …

How confident are we that most matter in the universe has so far escaped detection? And if there is dark matter, might there be dark stars and even a dark …