A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity to its toughest test yet.

Einstein’s genius enabled the atomic age, but his conscience rejected its darkest creation. This piece uncovers why he refused to join the Manhattan Project and the haunting moral warning he left ...

Albert Einstein wasn’t just the scientific whiz behind a famous mathematical equation. He also loved music and fought for civil rights, long before it was a movement. Photograph by PictureLux/The ...

The collection of items belonged to Albert Einstein's sister, Maja Einstein. Albert Einstein sits with page of equations in his home library. Alfred Eisenstaedt/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture ...

Albert Einstein’s enduring message emphasises the power of persistent questioning and curiosity as the driving forces behind ...

Albert Einstein is one of the most written-about figures of the 20th century, and for good reason. His theories upended the system that physicists had used to describe the world since Newton. Along ...

Nobel Prize winning scientist Albert Einstein was also an ardent civil rights advocate, particularly after he moved to the United States in late 1932 from Germany. Proof of his commitment to advocacy ...

Physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity uprooted centuries of settled science and laid the foundation for a new era of achievement for mankind, was born to a prominent Jewish family in ...

Albert Einstein reminds us through this quote that true intelligence lies in clarity, not complexity. If you can explain an ...

Einstein’s legacy extends far beyond physics; it offers one of history’s most entertaining and enlightening reminders that ...

Robert Berks, the sculptor who crafted the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington, D.C., taught himself art by leaving school at lunchtime to copy the greats on display at the Boston Museum of Fine ...