An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking work on quantum key cryptography.

Now, some folks are looking at quantum physics, specifically something called quantum entanglement, to see if it offers any clues. It’s a wild idea, comparing tiny particles linked across space to how ...

For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other. Quantum theory governs particles and fields, while Einstein’s gravity describes ...