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NOVA tells the inside story of Einstein’s masterpiece. The story begins with the intuitive thought experiments that set Einstein off on his quest and traces the revolution in cosmology that is still ...

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Gravity, the force that attracts objects toward each other, is currently framed by Albert Einstein's theory of general ...

Noether's work helped prove the conservation of energy in physics, a key foundation for Einstein's theory of relativity ...

Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far enough back toward ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...