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 ...

Stephen Fowler is a political reporter with NPR's Washington Desk, where he currently reports on the restructuring of federal government and the future of the Democratic and Republican parties after ...

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 ...

A South Carolina man convicted of killing three people over five days more than 20 years ago was executed by a firing squad on Friday evening. Bryant chose to die by firing squad instead of lethal ...

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 ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...