Classical (as opposed to quantum) physics rests on the assumption that all physical quantities have well-defined values simultaneously. Relativity is based on clear-cut physical statements: the speed ...

How did space and time come about? How did they form the smooth four-dimensional emptiness that serves as a backdrop for our physical world? What do they look like at the very tiniest distances?

Quantum mechanics wreaks even more havoc with conventional ideas of causality than some have suspected – according to a team of researchers based in Australia, with collaborators in Scotland and ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Science skepticism can be quite multifaceted. A book published by Haverford College argues ...

A committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will consider frameworks to assess causality of health and welfare effects of air pollutants in EPA’s Integrated Science ...

(This article was coauthored with Kathleen D. Vohs and first published in Dialogue, the newsletter for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, alongside a companion piece by John Bargh and ...

Paul Offit likes to tell a story about how his wife, pediatrician Bonnie Offit, was about to give a child a vaccination when the kid was struck by a seizure. Had she given the injection a minute ...

The "superiority framework" is a strategic approach employed to maintain a competitive advantage in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market. The framework consists of five core elements: product ...