This is a story about a coming singularity. For those unfamiliar, the term “singularity,” comes from astrophysics, where it’s technically the spot in a black hole where matter is crushed to a tiny ...

Physicists have long thought that the singularities associated with gravity (like the inside of a black hole) should vanish in a quantum theory of gravity. It now appears that this may indeed be the ...

For decades, Silicon Valley anticipated the moment when a new technology would come along and change everything. It would unite human and machine, probably for the better but possibly for the worse, ...

Are physicists undecided about whether the prediction of singularities means they actually exist? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from ...