The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.

Researchers got a better look at the thoughts of chatbots, amateurs learned exactly how complicated simple systems can be, and quantum computers passed an essential milestone. The end of 2024 seems a ...

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, ...

The firm says it has solved a problem on a quantum processor faster than a classical computer, and is optimistic about future ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the man trying to build the next Tesla, a retinal implant that restores ...

Eighty years ago, physicist Erwin Schrödinger asked a deceptively simple question: What is life? In a series of lectures in Dublin, later published as a short book, he proposed that the principles of ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona, working with an international team, have captured and controlled quantum uncertainty in real time using ultrafast pulses of light. Their discovery, ...