Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

"The burnt toast theory" is the mindset that minor inconveniences in our lives may save us from more serious problems.

Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger developed quantum theory’s wave equation, which describes quantum systems as waves that ...

In today’s column, I will be examining an enduring and intriguing topic known as the Theory of Mind (ToM) including and especially as the topic relates to Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ...

Albert Einstein is known for his haircut, theories of relativity and belief that “the fact that [the physical world] is comprehensible is a miracle.” What he meant was that via science, math and our ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...

Managers generally have one of two perspectives regarding their employees. Many years ago a professor named Douglas McGregor dubbed these perspectives Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X assumes that ...