Einstein
New Project Lets You Reenact Einstein and Freud’s Remarkable Correspondence
Typographer Harald Geisler's latest Kickstarter project will let you mail Einstein and Freud's pacifist letters to a friend...or your oppressors.
A Clusterf*ck of Memes and Mascots Meet in a Zany Exhibition about Appropriation
Gingerbread totem poles and peace pipe smoking aliens fill the walls of Chelsea Seltzer and Theo A. Rosenblum's collaborative exhibition.
How Breaking One of the Most Basic Physical Laws Might Explain Dark Energy
Fudging the law of conservation of energy offers a new perspective on dark energy.
AAAS CEO to Young Scientists: Speak Up. Keep Focused. Carry On.
Rush Holt, former Congressman and physicist, explains how scientists should move forward under the Trump Administration.
New Theory of Gravity Doesn’t Need Dark Matter
Erik Verlinde’s controversial theory of gravity was able to accurately predict the gravity distribution of 33,000 galaxies.
Scientists Think the Speed of Light Has Slowed, and They're Trying to Prove It
A controversial theory that would overturn Einstein’s theory of general relativity could soon be tested.
Scientists Built a ‘Mini Black Hole’ Out of Sound Waves
A tabletop black hole emits what looks like Hawking radiation.
Gravitational Waves Are Just Everyday Astrophysics Now
This week's announcement of a second LIGO detection is likely just the start.
The 1919 Solar Eclipse That Proved Einstein Right
Watching space-time warp from a tiny island off West Africa.
Did LIGO's Gravitational Waves Really Come from Merging Black Holes?
We can't give up on gravastars yet, argues a new paper.
Trolling Neighbors or Astronauts Will Get You in Big Trouble
A primer on this week’s news to prepare you for cocktail conversations tonight.