Pick a pen up off of your desk, hold it about a foot above the flat surface, and then let it drop. It hits the surface, and despite the fact that quantum mechanics suggest that there is a (very) small ...

The final theory from the late Stephen Hawking about the multiverse has just been published. The celebrated English theoretical physicist and cosmologist passed away on March 14 at the age of 76. The ...

I was pretty hard on the Time Variance Authority (TVA) in Loki last column, so I think it’s only fair to give them a second look to make sure I got it right. After all, one of the TVA’s apparent ...

I n the epilogue of their blockbuster book Mostly Harmless Econometrics (2009), Josh Angrist and Steve Pischke write, “If applied econometrics were easy, theorists would do it.” As academic jokes go, ...

Associate professor Joseph K. Cosgrove's letter published July 5 in your newspaper perpetuates a political talking point and manufactured controversy by right-wing conservatives about teaching ...

Einstein's theory of relativity say black holes are 'bald', but a new tweak to his research may give the mysterious objects their long-sought 'hair.' When you purchase through links on our site, we ...