Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Two cutting-edge atomic clocks — the most accurate ever ...

One of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, Albert Einstein is well-known for developing the theory of relativity, as well as his other important contributions to quantum mechanics and ...

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Earth’s gravity distorts spacetime. As far as we know, every point on Earth experiences time and space differently by a minuscule — but measurable — amount. Atomic clocks are one of the ways to detect ...

I’ve uncovered more details since Frank Shatz’s column, “Williamsburg man looks to Einstein’s FBI files, words for questions on atomic bomb” was published December 22. In researching Albert Einstein’s ...

When it comes to testing a scientific hypothesis, some disciplines have it easier than others. In a biology lab, for example, you might have living cells to poke and prod, or in a chemistry lab, you ...

The awards juggernaut Oppenheimer provides a blockbuster treatment of one scientist’s profoundly mixed feelings regarding his role in the creation of the atomic bomb, and its subsequent use in ...