Why schrödinger’s cat is still the most controversial thought experiment in science

Might our universe – as vast as it is – be simply one of many? We look at the growing evidence that there’s more than one cosmos out there

Amazing answers to your curious questions

It’s difficult to know for sure how many electrons are in the Universe. British physicist Arthur Eddington (1882–1944) came up with a number in 1938, now known as the ‘Eddington number’. Eddington’s c

Speak your mind

This month’s story, ‘The Curious Case of Davidson’s Eyes’ by HG Wells, has a superficially simple premise. But, as we’ll see, that premise throws up a lot of conundrums in the course of the narrative.

Can communal beliefs be reconciled with empirical facts?