https://www.scmp.com/rss/524570/feed The latest news and top stories on Sir Isaac Newton, a highly influential English polymath. Known for his groundbreaking work in physics and mathematics, he formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, detailed in his seminal work 'Principiae Mathematica'. Newton also made significant contributions to optics, including developing a theory of light and building the first reflecting telescope. He is credited with independently developing infinitesimal calculus. Beyond his scientific... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com David Dodwell David Dodwell Last week, on April 1 to be exact, Apple reached the grand old age of 50 (almost exactly a year younger than Microsoft), one of a tiny proportion of S&P-listed companies that have stayed the course for half a century. It is a company with which I have had a special connection and a love-hate relationship for most of my adult life. Not that I have ever owned an Apple product (I have always been a loyal Android man) nor any Apple shares; heavens, I wish I had. No. My special connection is more... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3349541/my-love-hate-relationship-apple-android-user?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3349541/my-love-hate-relationship-apple-android-user?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:30:09 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Chinese scientists have used artificial intelligence to make progress on a more than 300-year-old maths problem that has implications for large-scale data storage and advanced telecommunications. Using an AI system called PackingStar, the researchers made record-breaking advances on the “kissing number” problem, surpassing the limits of human geometric intuition and standard computing. The work done by the team was like a “romance” between machines and humans exploring science together, they... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3343961/romance-between-scientists-and-ai-leads-progress-age-old-maths-problem?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3343961/romance-between-scientists-and-ai-leads-progress-age-old-maths-problem?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:00:11 +0000 Frank Wilczek Frank Wilczek In the eighth instalment of his exclusive monthly series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek explains how physicists consider the contradictions of time. Read his previous articles here. “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, famed American author of The Great Gatsby. Time is one of those concepts... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3324711/why-it-time-world-think-about-3-faces-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3324711/why-it-time-world-think-about-3-faces-time?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:00:16 +0000 Charmaine Mok Charmaine Mok With binoculars in hand, I am gazing out over the London skyline from an entirely new perspective. The shimmering pods of the London Eye slowly churn, while the iconic spire of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church stands in contrast to the striking glass skyscraper known as The Shard. Shifting my view to the streets below, tiny figures bustle down St Martin’s Street and Orange Street, possibly on their way to the nearby National Gallery and Trafalgar Square. My vantage point is about six floors up... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3324490/best-places-eat-near-londons-leicester-square-and-history-area?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3324490/best-places-eat-near-londons-leicester-square-and-history-area?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:15:13 +0000 Andrew Sheng Andrew Sheng Several Asian economies are anxiously assessing how to compete for trade with the United States after missing the August 1 deadline for the Trump administration’s tariff negotiations. The tariff rate for exports from the Philippines to the US is reportedly down to 19 per cent. However, one Filipino lawmaker says it’s effectively 6 per cent. The rate for Indonesia is now 19 per cent and for Vietnam 20 per cent. Hours before the deadline, Malaysian and Thai leaders seemed to be on the cusp of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3320432/world-disrupted-maga-economics-all-bets-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3320432/world-disrupted-maga-economics-all-bets-are?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:12:06 +0000