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A theoretical physicist says AI is just a ‘glorified tape recorder’ and people’s fears about it are overblown
Michio Kaku is the latest expert to shut down AI fears saying the technology is not humanlike at th…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
Meet Rohini Godbole, a scientist who just happens to be a woman
On this International Day for Women and Girls in Science, Business Insider India spoke with an este…
The US military released a study on time travel and warp drives - here's what a theoretical physicist thinks of it
"You can't go faster than the speed of light. But what you can can imagine doing is effectively twi…
Dave Mosher
Big Bang: Indian Physicist Abhas Mitra Feels Vindicated
Mitra works with Mumbai's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Watch Jeff Bezos tell the funny story about the moment in college he realized he 'was never going to be a great theoretical physicist'
"He brings us into his room, he sits us down, he writes out three pages of detailed algebra, everyt…
Sean Wolfe
‘God Particle’ Could Be ‘Catastrophic’ For The Universe: Stephen Hawking
Professor Hawking wrote: “The Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become megast…
We needed a theoretical physicist to explain this mind-boggling moment in 'Game of Thrones'
Contrast that with an inconsistent causal loop, which occurs in Back to the Future. Marty and Doc's…
Sean Kane
Time travel is theoretically possible, calculations show. But that doesn't mean you could change the past.
Time travel is theoretically possible according to the laws of physics, a study says. But time-trav…
Susie Neilson
A theoretical physicist explains why the hard problem in science today is not about physics at all
It's a useful concept, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll says in his book "The Big Picture: On the…
Ali Sundermier
We had a theoretical physicist break down our biggest question about the Netflix hit 'Stranger Things,' and it blew our minds
The brane-worlds (bread slices) are pretty flexible. So to join the two, you'd need a massive amoun…
Erin Brodwin,Ali Sundermier
Yes, a physicist once lit his cigarette with a nuclear bomb explosion. Here's how it worked.
Government officials codenamed the test explosion or shot in question "George" because it was the s…
Dave Mosher
Are you smart enough to understand this physicist explain string theory?
"City of Science" is free and open to all New Yorkers of all ages. Learn more about where and when …
Kevin Reilly,Jessica Orwig
Physicists Have Built A Time Machine Simulator
The team of physicists simulated a particle traveling through a CTC by firing pairs of entangled li…
Kelly Dickerson
Lisa Randall Brings Theoretical Physics To The Masses
To test this theory, researchers used the world's most powerful particle smasher, located in Switze…
Dina Spector
More than 1,000 physicists just proved Albert Einstein wrong again
Scans of the sky using visible light, X-rays, and electromagnetic waves have been insufficient, say…
Sarah Kramer
Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about the universe
In fact, there's a wonderful essay that I was just reading by [German mathematician David] Hilbert.…
Leading Harvard physicist has a radical new theory for why humans exist
It's this similarity between the rate of mass extinction rates and the rate of our solar system's o…
Jessica Orwig
Physicists may have detected something unbelievable from space - watch the announcement live this morning
Aside from proving fundamental physics, direct detection of gravitational waves would also open up …
Dave Mosher
Physicist Stephen Hawking Demonstrates Perfect Comic Timing With John Oliver
The two began with pleasantries followed by a short review of Hawking's stand on artificial intelli…
Leslie Baehr
The man who helped Stephen Hawking achieve his lifelong dream of experiencing zero gravity remembers what it was like to watch the acclaimed physicist break free of his wheelchair
"And I got two calls," Diamandis said. "One from our aircraft partner at the time, saying, 'You're …