These days, it's easy to feel all doom and gloom about the state of the world. How could you not? Regardless, you should know ...

This short tribute reflects on how Stephen Hawking saw time: not just as a scientific dimension, but as a meaningful part of ...

Yet according to physics, information is never destroyed. In principle, a burned book is just as readable as the original—if you analyze the ashes of the fire, the smoke and the flames to re-create ...

Stephen Hawking, a brilliant theoretical physicist, defied a devastating motor neuron disease diagnosis to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. His life, marked by extraordinary resilience ...

Over geological time, information loss is the norm, not the exception. The “unitarity” principle of quantum mechanics says ...

One of India's strongest voices championing the cause of a more accessible and inclusive society, Sminu Jindal, the Managing Director of Jindal SAW and the founder of NGO Svayam emphasized the need of ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply related to one another. The forces are linked by so-called dualities: the ...

Celebrated on December 26, this British holiday was likely inspired by one of several charitable traditions. Here are the theories—and how it is observed today. Celebrated on December 26, Boxing Day ...

Stephen Wilmot is The Wall Street Journal’s European autos reporter, based in London, covering global carmakers such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. He was previously an editor and columnist for the ...