Scientists built the most powerful physics machine on earth to study the fate...
Right now, the most powerful physics machine ever constructed by man is running at maximum power after a major upgrade that took two years to complete.And recently, two different experiments reported...
View Article15 Stephen Hawking quotes that reveal how a genius thinks
Stephen Hawking was 21 years old when he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, a rare form of ALS.Doctors told him he would only live for a few years.More than 50 years later, he's now 73 and one of...
View ArticleThese are the most absurd academic studies this year
The 25th Ig Nobel Awards recognized some of the year's most bizarre, trivial or unusual discoveries in the fields of biology, economics, and mathematics. If you've ever wondered if a chicken can walk...
View ArticleUse this cool phone trick to 'see' a color of light humans eyes can't detect
There is a lot more to light than what mere human eyes can detect, but a device in your pocket can help you see beyond your biological limits.Our eyes can only detect colors of light that we see as a...
View ArticleSomething amazing happens when you drop a stretched-out Slinky
When you drop a Slinky, what falls to the ground first: the top, the bottom, or everything all at once?Derek Muller, who created the popular YouTube channel Veritasium, first took on this puzzling...
View ArticleThese are the scientists who could win a Nobel Prize
Few honors attract as much excitement in the world of science as the Nobel Prizes.Each year, media company Thomson Reuters releases its annual list of the researchers it thinks are most likely to win...
View ArticleA teaspoon of the universe is shockingly lightweight
Some of the most extreme objects in the universe are also the densest. Just a teaspoon of a neutron star on Earth, for example, would weigh four times more than the entire human population.Yet, the...
View ArticleMake a bottle disappear in this science experiment you can try at home
Knowing a few physics principles may be the most surefire way to impress your friends.We dug up this simple trick from brusspup's YouTube channel that you can use to make a bottle disappear — using...
View ArticleWe used physics to show what it’s like to take Tesla's newest car for a spin
From 0 to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds, Tesla's new Model X has what they're called a "Ludicrous Mode" that can accelerate you faster than most roller coasters. But that's not the most exciting thing...
View ArticleStart a fire with water in this simple science experiment
The idea that you could light a fire using water sounds crazy, right?But this is a totally real, and totally cool, science experiment that you can do at home, to create fire from water in a bottle.We...
View ArticleThe tabs on soda cans are genius, and physics shows why
The soda-can tab is more than meets the eye.In its resting state, the tab is what engineers call a "second-class" lever: The force you apply only moves one way, like a wheelbarrow.When you lift the...
View ArticleThe tabs on soda cans are genius, and physics shows why
The soda can tab is more than meets the eye.In its resting state, the tab is what engineers call a "second-class" lever: the force you apply only moves one way, like a wheelbarrow.When you lift the...
View ArticleScience experts grilling shrimp with rubbing alcohol and a 5-gallon water jug...
The Royal Institution's Science Demonstration Technician Andy Marmery and Greg Foot from the YouTube channel Brit Lab have some fun with science to barbecue prawns. Using household objects, they...
View Article2 men were just awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for unlocking the secrets...
The 2015 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a Japanese physicist and a Canadian physicist for discovering that abundant subatomic particles known as neutrinos can undergo changes in their...
View ArticleA major breakthrough has given these Australian engineers everything they...
Humankind is hot on the trail to designing and building the next-generation of super computers, called quantum computers.Capable of easily cracking encryptions that would be impossible with the average...
View ArticleScientists have found some crazy new ways to cook meat
The Royal Institution's Science Demonstration Technician Andy Marmery and Greg Foot from the YouTube channel Brit Lab demonstrate some properties of physics to cook meat. With simple materials, they...
View ArticleHere's why a particle that barely exists won this year's Physics Nobel Prize
Neutrinos take patience.They’re worth it, and the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes that, following related prizes in 1988, 1995 and 2002. Ironically, these near-undetectable...
View ArticleChina's bizarre 'floating city' is not a giant hologram or window into a...
Thousands of people in China saw what looked like a giant, floating city in early October, spurring conspiracy theories involving holograms or a window into a parallel universe.While thoses theories...
View ArticleHere's the truth about China's bizarre 'floating city'
Thousands of people in China saw what looked like a giant, floating city in early October.Countless conspiracy theories about the vision being a hologram or a window into a parallel universe...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here’s what would happen if the sun disappeared
What would happen if you woke up one day and the sun was just gone? Neil deGrasse Tyson explains this improbable astrophysics question. Produced by Darren Weaver and Kamelia Angelova. Additional...
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