Image of atom A common question for lay people confronted with counterintuitive popular narrative accounts of quantum physics is:   How can...

"I swear by Almighty God to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." —Traditional British courtroom oath In...

Twenty years ago, on this day—26 November 2005—I posted the first essay on this blog. Today's post is the 647th essay (and the first one...

For a change of pace, I want to address another common misperception on Quora. These days there's a lot of hype about "going to M...