Can You Really Pump Water Without Any Electricity?
In this case, water starts from a source that's higher than the pump. [...]
This Is the Lightest Paint in the World
Debashis Chanda had trouble finding a physicist who could paint. The researchers in [...]
Pi Is Hiding Everywhere
When someone wishes you a "Happy Pi Day," you probably immediately think of [...]
The Electron Is Having a (Magnetic) Moment. It’s a Big Deal
In classical physics, a vacuum is a total void—a true manifestation of nothingness. [...]
How Quantum Physicists ‘Flipped Time’ (and Didn’t)
Physicists have coaxed particles of light into undergoing opposite transformations simultaneously, like a [...]
Russia Is Powering Up a Giant Laser to Test Its Nukes
So far Russia’s lack of such a laser hasn’t been a great disadvantage [...]
Mathematicians Roll the Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors
In their paper, posted online in late November 2022, a key part of [...]
No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work
Flattened cities, millions of people burnt to death, and yet more tortured by [...]
The Physics Principle That Inspired Modern AI Art
Ask DALL·E 2, an image generation system created by OpenAI, to paint a [...]
The Secret to Bruce Lee’s Superhuman One-Inch Punch
Martial arts have a sort of magical aspect. It can seem like those [...]
What Would Earth’s Temperature Be Like Without an Atmosphere?
Right now, the temperature of the Earth is pretty much perfect for humans, [...]