For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...

For the first time, a team of physicists in Austria has carried out an experiment that appears to verify the principle of ...

The people of Earth have aspirations to return to the Moon and eventually colonize Mars, two places where oxygen isn't ...

For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by ...

The uncertainty principle says that you can’t know certain properties of a quantum system at the same time. For example, you can’t simultaneously know the position of a particle and its momentum. But ...

Thirty years ago the world's longest running evolution experiment began when scientist Richard Lenski seeded 12 identical flasks with E. coli bacteria. Every subsequent day someone in the lab has ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Ever hear of the double slit experiment? It’s one of the most bizarre experiments in ...

IN A darkened auditorium in September 2008, I sat in the audience awaiting the start of a presentation entitled “The psychology of evil” by social psychologist Philip Zimbardo. Suddenly, the doors at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. In 1971, a groundbreaking experiment was conducted in the basement ...