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 ...

The ball rolls across the floor because it was kicked, just as Earth orbits the sun because it is tugged by gravity. The connection between cause and effect is fundamental to how we understand the ...

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 ...

In March, Yoshua Bengio received a share of the Turing Award, the highest accolade in computer science, for contributions to the development of deep learning—the technique that triggered a renaissance ...

Researchers used a technique in genetic analysis termed Mendelian randomization to examine 12 coagulation measures, uncovering four that are associated with migraine susceptibility. Nearly 15 percent ...

(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 ...