Have you ever imagined the solution to a logic problem instead of calculating it? Such “thought experiments” are carried out using one’s imagination rather than doing actual research. Typically ...

Thought experiments are a way to craft free experiences in our mind, designed to answer a question or validate a hypothesis we have about human nature without imposing any demands on us for physical ...

Conservation laws are central to our understanding of the universe, and now scientists have expanded our understanding of these laws in quantum mechanics. A conservation law in physics describes the ...

When thinking about how to grow or improve your business, you might be looking for answers in all the wrong places. As soon as you search Google, phone a friend or ask the audience, you limit your ...

The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the most mind-bending thought experiments that continue to defy explanation and challenge human logic.

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Killing horizon: a thought experiment suggests that the presence of a black hole can decohere a quantum superposition. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Rost9) A new thought experiment suggests that the mere ...

Antoine Naert has reconstructed a prop straight out of the Industrial Revolution. But don’t expect steam-powered engines or decorative brass gears. Naert, a physicist at ENS Lyon in France, and his ...

Listen, it’s not that I actually want to kill the sun – I just want to figure out how. But when I told my colleagues at New Scientist that I was recruiting scientists to do just this, I was met with ...