New impressions A visualization of a curved space–time “sea” from the general-relativity simulations carried out by the authors.(Courtesy: James Mertens) From the Genesis story in the Old Testament to ...

What if our biggest idea about reality is built on a hidden misunderstanding? A new philosophical look at space-time ...

It was already a mind-bending shift, last century, to go from Isaac Newton’s absolute space and universal time to Albert Einstein’s four-dimensional space-time, which is dynamic, flexible, sensitive ...

Researchers have developed a method for steering microscopic swimming robots using light patterns and the principles of Einstein's theory of relativity. The technology is a potential first step toward ...

In 1905, a 26-year-old patent clerk named Albert Einstein looked at the universe and discovered that time was not what we thought it was. It was not linear. For centuries, everyone assumed the same ...