Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. You've heard of our greatest scientific theories: the theory of ...

Last June 23 marked the 25th anniversary of the electrifying announcement by Andrew Wiles that he had proved Fermat’s Last Theorem, solving a 350-year-old problem, the most famous in mathematics. The ...

Dr. Biercuk conducts experimental research in quantum physics and quantum control. He is funded by the ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems and the US Army Research Office. His work is not ...

Misconceptions about the nature and practice of science abound and are sometimes even held by otherwise respectable practicing scientists themselves. I have dispelled some of them (misconceptions, not ...