Free Will, Video Games, and the Most Profound Quantum Mystery
By David Kaiser
May 9, 2018
The Big Bell Test probed quantum mechanics using crowdsourced inputs from volunteer video-game players.…
A Physicist’s Farewell to Stephen Hawking
By David Kaiser
March 15, 2018
Stephen Hawking was a scientific and cultural revolutionary. He saw the cosmos as no one before him had—and…
Why These Friendly Robots Can’t Be Good Friends to our Kids
By Sherry Turkle
Jibo the robot swivels around when it hears its name and tilts its touchscreen face upward, expectantly.…
Learning From Gravitational Waves
By DAVID KAISER OCT. 3, 2017
A billion years ago (give or take), in a galaxy far, far away, two black holes concluded a cosmic pas de…
Italian nuclear physicist Bruno Pontecorvo walks through the streets of Moscow following his defection to Russia, 12 March 1955. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
A Cosmic Controversy
A Scientific American article about the theory of inflation prompted a reply from a group of 33 physicists, along with a response from the article’s authors.…
QUANTUM THEORY BY STARLIGHT
By David Kaiser
February 7, 2017
In parsing the strange dance of subatomic particles, it can be helpful to think of them as twins.IMAGE BY CHRONICLE /…
NATURE/OPINION:
11 November 2016
What scientists should focus on — and fear — under Trump
Nine experts reflect on where researchers should direct their efforts during the next US administration.
How…