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Something incredible happens when you smash this glass bulb with a hammer
This teardrop-shaped object, called a Prince Rupert’s Drop, is a paradox wrapped in a glass structure.It's created simply by plunging molten glass into cold water. But this reaction imbues the glass...
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50 groundbreaking scientists whose work is transforming how we see the world
Scientists who ask the right questions at the right time can make history and change the world.We compiled a list of 50 scientists from across the globe who are doing just that — changing the world for...
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The 15 most amazing women in science today
In the science and technology industries, women are often massively underrepresented. But that doesn't mean they aren't making some of the most important and inspiring contributions out there. We've...
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This crazy basketball trick isn’t an optical illusion — it’s just physics
Drop a basketball from a height, you've got a few flights of stairs to descend to retrieve it and you might even owe an apology to an angry passer-by.But if you give it enough height and add a dash of...
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German and Dutch intel agencies say that they caught a physicist who was...
German and Dutch authorities say they identified a Russian physicist who was spying for Moscow, according to a report by the NL Times.The man in question was identified as "Ivan A.," a physicist who...
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7 scientists who are helping us understand how the world works
Even within concrete sciences like math and physics, there are plenty of discoveries to be made.From a physicist who is creating a hacker-proof way to transmit information to a mathematician developing...
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Scientists are close to developing an invisibility cloak
Ever wish you could just disappear? Turns out this may not be as far off as we thought.In the past decade, scientists have made huge advances in developing super materials that may one day hide us from...
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There's a sneaky trick that is allowing this biker to seemingly defy physics...
Australian stuntman Robbie Maddison has been tearing up the waves — and the Internet— with his insanely cool dirt bike.But how was he able to so seamlessly ride across a Tahitian wave as he would a...
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Scientists are obsessed with this incredible material but have no clue what...
Flexible computer screens, long-living batteries, and lightening fast microcomputers are just a few examples of the countless potential applications of graphene — one of the world's thinnest, yet...
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We toured a giant 'time machine' hiding outside New York City
In the instant after the Big Bang, the only thing in the universe that existed was a hot plasma soup full of subatomic particles.But to study that ancient plasma, you don't have to travel back in time...
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How physics helped me learn to surf for the first time
You can't leave Hawaii without taking a surfing lesson.So, during a recent reporting trip to the island state, I hit the beach for a 90-minute tutorial.I already knew how to skimboard — the miniature,...
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This insane new 12-mile-tall 'space elevator’ concept is driving engineers crazy
Canadian space and defense company, Thoth Technology, announced that it has secured a US patent for a 12-mile-tall tower. The concept would deliver astronauts, supplies, and even tourists to...
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Stephen Hawking came up with a way to escape a black hole, but it has a big snag
Whatever falls into a black hole never comes out again: It's trapped in a perfect prison, forever.But Stephen Hawking, who already completely changed how we understand black holes once, just came up...
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Scientists found something amazing when they filmed a beat boxer in slow motion
As any amateur rapper knows, simulating the beat of a drum or the scratch of a turntable with nothing other than the lips, voice, mouth, and tongue takes skill.When done properly, a master can trick an...
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Here's how to make a cloud in your mouth
When water evaporates from oceans, rivers, and lakes and rises into the sky, it condenses on small pieces of dust or pollen to form microscopic water droplets.When a bunch of these droplets cluster...
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Physicists finally solved the longstanding mystery of why no one can pull two...
People, trucks, and even military tanks have tried and failed the task of pulling apart two phone books lying face up with their pages interleaved, like a shuffled deck of cards.While physicists have...
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A weird property of water is a third of the reason oceans are rising fast
Earth's oceans rose an average of three inches since 1992, and the warming waters show no signs of stopping, NASA announced on August 26.Steve Nerem, a climatologist who leads NASA's Sea Level Change...
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Pink light doesn't really exist
We all think that the visible spectrum of light — every color we can see — is represented in the rainbow. But this isn't actually true.When you hold up a crystal prism to a beam of light, you see red,...
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If we live in one of multiple universes, here's how we could find out
The existence of parallel universes may seem like something cooked up by science fiction writers, with little relevance to modern theoretical physics.But the idea that we live in a "multiverse" made up...
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