Observation Deck: What Looper Tells Us About Time Travel
Do time-travel movies really need rules?
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Adam Rogers is a former WIRED editor. He writes about science and miscellaneous geekery. He is the author of The New York Times science bestseller Proof: The Science of Booze. ... Read More
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