As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, so does its appetite for speed and energy. The quest for faster, smarter systems has driven researchers to an unlikely ally—light itself. A new study by ...

Faster-than-light (FTL) travel is a concept that has long captivated both the scientific community and science fiction enthusiasts. In a cosmos where light speed is viewed as the ultimate velocity ...

A new architecture replaces traditional bottlenecks with a passive, single-shot light-speed operation that could become the foundational hardware for AGI, scientists argue. When you purchase through ...

An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward. Objects are still emitting light, and that light takes time to travel ...

Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely stopped science fiction in its tracks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

When I was a teenager, I was—shockingly, I know—deeply nerdy. At a science-fiction convention, I bought a button that read, “186,282 miles/second: Not just a good idea, it’s the law.” It was poking ...