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Most stars in the cosmos are small, cool red dwarfs, yet the only intelligent life we know orbits a relatively rare yellow ...

A new study takes the GHZ paradox, which describes how quantum theory can't be described by local realistic descriptions, to ...

In 1935, Austrian-born physicist Erwin Schrödinger described a thought experiment that magnified a glaring problem at the heart of quantum mechanics. To this day, the problem remains, summed up by ...

Wendy Smith, professor of management in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, and Marianne Lewis, dean and professor of management in the University of ...

Those whove seen the film will know that there are several large and looming paradoxes created in the films final snappening ...

Parrondo’s Paradox epitomises the counterintuitive phenomenon in which combining two individual losing strategies can yield a winning outcome. This concept, originating from game theory, has ...

A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...