Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. At the tail end of November, I talked for a bit about the notional ...

If you asked a thousand physicists, they would all disagree. This statement could apply to any number of topics – whether the universe is infinite, what dark matter is made of, how to make wires ...

NOBEL SCIENCE prizes are awarded in three areas: physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine. But occasionally some noteworthy discovery comes along that does not really fit into any of them. In ...