They ask us to believe, for example, that the world we experience is fundamentally divided from the subatomic realm it’s built from. Or that there is a wild proliferation of parallel universes, or ...
Death is the inescapable conclusion of life. But what happens after death is still a highly debated topic. Throw into the mix a heady combination of religious belief and scientific theories, and you ...
A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into reality. Imagine a safe gamma ray laser that could eradicate cancer cells ...
The universe is a strange, beautiful place—rich with possibilities and governed by the odd rules of quantum mechanics. One of the most mind-bending ideas from this realm is the many-worlds ...
The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery. Quantum mechanics have led to the ...
1. Introduction -- 2. The path to Nerdvana -- 3. Hollywood scientists : reel and imaginary -- 4. Matter matters -- 5. Pure energy -- 6. Radiation : an all-time glow -- 7. A quantum of weirdness -- 8.
Pick up any science fiction book from the 1960s, and you’ll find parallel dimensions explained through magic portals or mysterious machines that work “just because.” Today’s readers want stories that ...