Quantum theory is often sold as a story about tiny particles, but its real disruption lands squarely on our everyday sense of ...

The nature of reality challenges the fundamental elements of existence and essence. Whether we discern it or not, reality is said to always exist. It can be both objective (independent of perception) ...

Questions about life and the universe seem to be as old as human thought. While countless individuals have tried to provide the answers to these questions, the fact remains that many across the globe ...

When you’re chasing after a goal, it’s not uncommon to stress about it 24/7. For example, if you want a new job, you might scour websites, send out 50 resumes, wake up at 3 a.m. in a sweat, think ...

Real ID is really coming. After years of delaying full implementation of the requirement that people have a security-enhanced Real ID to pass airport security, board airplanes or enter federal ...

Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what ...

Alyssa Ney is professor and chair of metaphysics at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Religious Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany. This week, physicists are ...