General Relativity at 100

A new generation of physicists hope to succeed where Einstein failed

The bizarre journey of Einstein's brain illustrates the pitfalls in science's search for the origins of brilliance

A visualization of recent physics terms affirms the enduring influence of Einstein's 100-year-old masterpiece

Sure, he was pretty good at science. But science isn't everything

General relativity has never been tested in places where the effects of gravity become truly extreme—for example, at the edge of a black hole. That will soon change

A visualization of recent physics terms affirms the enduring influence of Einstein’s 100-year-old masterpiece. Give it a try

Einstein’s thought experiments left a long and somewhat mixed legacy of their own

Einstein’s assertion that God does not play dice with the universe has been misinterpreted

Everyone makes mistakes. But those of the legendary physicist are particularly illuminating

We already have the means to skip ahead in time, but going backward is a different wormhole

Albert Einstein created his most famous theory amid personal strife, political tension and a scientific rivalry that almost cost him the glory of his discovery

The fruits of one mind shaped civilization more than seems possible

The great physicist was not the first to equate forms of mass to energy, nor did he definitively prove the relationship

Despite the popularity of Einstein's theories of relativity and his musings on black holes, Einstein's Nobel Prize in physics was actually awarded for his discovery of the photoelectric effect. This discovery revolutionized our understanding of the world around us. But what is the photoelectric effect?