Physics
Could Noah’s Ark Float? In Theory, Yes
Basic physics suggests that an ark carrying lots of animal cargo could float, but science doesn’t support other facets of the biblical tale
Art and Science Collide in the Discovery of the Higgs Boson
<i>Particle Fever</i>, a documentary about the physicists who found the "God particle," suggests doing science isn’t that different from making art
Now Every School Can Access a Fancy Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton's Plasma Physics Laboratory gives remote access to a plasma physics experiment
The Science of Monday’s Big “Gravitational Wave” Thing Explained in Two Minutes
Big Bang news left you lost? This Minute Physics video might help
A New Cosmic Discovery Could Be The Closest We’ve Come to the Beginning of Time
Scientists detect the signature of gravitational waves generated in the first moments of the Big Bang
Adidas May Have Finally Made a Sleek, Streamlined Soccer Ball That Players Can Live With
Professional soccer players hate when Adidas redesigns their World Cup balls. How will this new one fly?
Adventures In Laser Science
A photo series by Austin-based photographer Robert Shults casts physicists and their everyday life in the lab in a sci-fi B-movie light
Bumblebees Can Fly Into Thin Air
Once thought to be unimpressive fliers, bumblebees may be able to summit Mount Everest, new research suggests
The Science of the First Cold Weather Super Bowl
Science shows that the cold weather will make it harder for players to grip the ball, avoid slipping and hear each other over the roar of the crowd
Stephen Hawking Thinks Black Holes Don’t Exist
And he's been trying to tell the rest of us for a decade
Scientists Solve Mystery of Birds' Flying V
Migrating birds flap in and out of rhythm depending on where they are in formation
Astronomers Find What May Be a Star Within a Star
The best candidate yet for an elusive Thorne-Żytkow Object
Using Nothing But Sound, These Scientists Are Making Things Float
Using nothing but high frequency ultrasound, these researchers can make anything float
Why Do Lights Sometimes Appear in the Sky During An Earthquake?
Scientists have a new hypothesis to explain the mysterious phenomenon—one that could allow the lights to serve as warning for an impeding quake
Tolkien's Dwarves Would Have Needed 38 Mini-Nuclear Plants to Melt All That Gold So Quickly
Unless those dwarf furnaces were burning some sort of Middle-earth super fuel, in real life Smaug probably would have just eaten the dwarves
Can You Fry Things in Space?
Can the good old American tradition of caking foods in grease continue in the vast recesses of space?
The Coolest Science of 2013, in GIFs
This year, we saw dissolving electronics, flying meteors, gravity-defying chains and rotting pineapples
This is What Happens When You Ask Scientists to Explain Their PhDs in Dance
Watch this year's winners of the "Dance Your Ph.D" contest animate sperm competition, cell division and sleep deprivation
This Camera Capture Images in the Dark, Using Just a Few Particles of Light
The most obvious application for this camera is for spying and surveillance, but it may also be used for remote sensing or to study microscopic structures
What’s the Best Way to Swing a Playground Swing?
There is physics everywhere, including on the playground
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