This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The professor had drawn a square with polka ...

Hollywood has never been known for its strict adherence to science. In most blockbusters the laws of physics are treated more like polite suggestions than hard rules.

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Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as exploration. In periods when public attention turns toward unanswered questions about ...

In Star Trek, the crew of the Enterprise could cross galaxies in the time it takes us to fly from Delhi to Dubai. While long considered pure science fiction, the show’s most fantastical invention, the ...

Popular science fiction has long shaped public understanding of scientific possibility, yet studies suggest that many widely recognized sci-fi concepts depart significantly from established physics. A ...

At its heart, quantum teleportation is about transmitting the precise quantum state of a particle. A quantum state is like a detailed b ...