These paradoxes aren’t philosophical word games — they emerge directly from equations physicists rely on every day. Schrödinger’s wave function mathematically permits multiple simultaneous states, ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek explores the secrets of the cosmos. Read previous columns here. Paradoxes arise when different ways of thinking about a situation lead to contradictory ...

We talk about some real experiments that claim to have demonstrated Zeno's phenomenon. A moving arrow is at rest.” Zeno, a Greek philosopher famous for his metaphysical trolling, devised a paradox ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

I like to go running in my free time. I’m not an especially fast jogger, but I think I could keep up with a tortoise. According to Zeno of Elea, an ancient Greek scholar who lived around 450 B.C.E., ...