The field of advanced propulsion and gravity manipulation has long captivated the curiosity of scientists, engineers, and ...

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.

He developed technologies that helped pave the way for the Global Positioning System and made foundational discoveries that ...

Albert Einstein is known around the world for changing how we understand space and time. But not many people know that he was ...

Acclaimed British author Thomas Harding's new book 'The Einstein Vendetta' focuses on brutal murders in a remote Italian ...

Albert Einstein did not merely drift away from school; he broke from it with the quiet force of a mind unwilling to be shackled. At fifteen, he walked out of Munich’s Luitpold Gymnasium–a ...

4. He was outspoken against racism Albert Einstein was a vocal advocate against racism, particularly in the context of the United States civil rights movement. His activism was also shaped by his own ...

Again, Einstein didn’t invent solar cells; the first crude versions of them date back to 1839. But he did sketch out their basic principle of operation in 1905.

Throughout his life, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a pop star of science. He had his "Annus mirabilis" (Latin for "miracle year") in 1905 when, at age 26, he'd published several groundbreaking ...

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