Physics

The Universe Has Its Secrets; We’ve Got Science Rap

August 26, 2008

The Coldest Place in the Universe

Physicists in Massachusetts come to grips with the lowest possible temperature: absolute zero

January 2008

Absolute Zero

Why Is A Negative Number Called Absolute Zero?

January 1, 2008

Rain Man

Snow, sleet, hail or volcanic eruption cloud physicist Peter Hobbs will find a way to fly into it

October 2002

Putting the Brakes on Light

Light travels 186,000 miles per second in a vacuum; in Lene Hau’s lab, it ambles at 38 miles an hour

June 1999

Phenomena, Comment & Notes

Today’s physics allow outrageous possibilities: faster-than-light travel across the galaxy, or even our learning to make new universes to specification

December 1995