Physics
Happy Birthday to Schrödinger’s Cat
In the 80 years since Erwin Schrödinger first outlined a quantum mechanics thought experiment involving a cat, the feline’s popularity has only grown
Chocolate Fountains are Great for Physics Lessons
Delicious, delicious physics
Seven Simple Ways We Know Einstein Was Right (For Now)
For the past 100 years, these experiments have offered continued evidence that general relativity is our best description of gravity
Why the Sands of Many Dunes Sing, Boom, and Even Burp
Contrary to Marco Polo's tales, it's not because they're full of mysterious spirits
This Acoustic Tractor Beam Can Levitate Small Objects With Sound
The device allows researchers to float and manipulate targets with just a single array of ultrasound emitters
The Search For Elusive Neutrinos in Antarctica Generates Massive Amounts of Data
The IceCube observatory at the South Pole collects roughly 36 terabytes of data a year in the search for 'special' neutrinos
Big Quakes Can Trigger Other Shakes Thousands of Miles Away
According to new research, when a big one strikes, more than aftershocks can follow
Learn Physics From Nobel Prizewinner Richard Feynman for Free
The physicist’s legendary lectures are now available online
Here is a Map of Earth’s Antineutrinos
Antineutrinos are the antimatter siblings of the elusive particles called neutrinos and show up where radioactive materials decay
The Theory of Relativity, Then and Now
Albert Einstein's breakthrough from a century ago was out of this world. Now it seems surprisingly down-to-earth
Physicists Built a Wormhole for Magnets
The metal sphere lets one magnetic field pass through another undetected, which could lead to improvements in medical imaging
It's Strangely Difficult to Measure Big Explosions
But is it time for a makeover?
How Physics Drove the Design of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
The gun-like design of the Little Boy bomb was effectively the last of its kind
The Physics of a UFC Fighter so Fast, She Might Just Be Bionic
Two words: kinetic energy
Curly Hair Science Is Revealing How Different Locks React to Heat
A mechanical engineer tackles the understudied problem of how to style curls without frying hair
Why Super-Small Black Holes Haven’t Destroyed the Universe
And probably won't
Mystery Solved: Why Puddles Don't Go On Forever
The picture of proper puddle behavior had a few missing pieces
Living Cells Armed With Tiny Lasers May Help Fight Disease
The biological light sources may one day help researchers see deeper into the body's microscopic workings
1,500-Year-Old Text Has Been Digitally Resurrected From a Hebrew Scroll
Special software helped reveal the words on a burned scroll found inside a holy ark near the Dead Sea
Can Sound Explain a 350-Year-Old Clock Mystery?
Lab experiments suggest that a strange synchronization of pendulum clocks observed in the 1600s can be chalked up to acoustic energy
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