Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

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

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 ...

Glen Powell stars in a new version of "The Running Man" (in theaters Friday, Nov. 14). Stephen King and director Edgar Wright discuss what's the same and what's different in the two movies. The new ...

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been considered one of the greatest minds of a generation by many. The British cosmologist was lauded for his work in understanding the cosmos and is best ...