Now, two unrelated-but-similar experiments confirm that, in a double-slit experiment, detection of a photon’s path (its ...

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still ...

There is a tendency to imagine genius as smooth and uninterrupted. As if the great thinkers moved from one insight to the ...

Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases contribute to global warming by reducing the escape of thermal energy into space. And NASA reports CO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere are the highest they've ...

Albert Einstein once modestly remarked that he had just a "couple of ideas" in his scientific career. Though few in number, these ideas garnered Einstein enduring notoriety. Recently, however, ...

A century after Albert Einstein sketched out his radical picture of gravity, astronomers have now watched a black hole ...

Now anyone with Internet access can peek into one of the most celebrated minds in science. Albert Einstein's complete archive is gradually becoming available through the Einstein Archives Online. On ...

The Princeton that Albert Einstein knew in 1933 was sharply divided by the color line; a long-established border—marked by ...

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For her lengthy list of achievements in science, a Cuban-American woman is speculated to be the next Albert Einstein, reports Vibe.