In 1854, the Irish mathematician George Boole mused that probability was “expectation founded upon partial knowledge.” His insight captures an eternal question: if randomness reigns long enough, might ...

But remember we have a million monkeys working, and let’s say they type 45 words a minute, so the 15 keystrokes that make up the three words take just four seconds. And they never rest or sleep. How ...

The standard explanation of the cosmos, recited in schools globally, involves a Big Bang followed by nature's four fundamental forces fashioning their magic upon matter. It’s presented as a ...