What is entropy, and why is it always increasing?
Room's a mess again? It's physics's fault.
Tag: Physics
Superposition! The strange tale of Schrödinger’s cat
The tale of physics’ most famous cat is one that is familiar to many, but what is the inside story ...
Nobel Physics Prize goes to cosmology and exoplanet pioneers
It's exciting to see exoplanet research being awarded with a Nobel Prize.
We’re 50 km closer to quantum internet
Quantum World of Warcraft, here I come.
New study reveals why dandelions are among the best fliers — they take to the air in a unique way
We have a lot to learn from the humble dandelion.
Mathematicians solve old mystery about spaghetti breaking
Here's a question you never knew you wanted to answer.
Why a spinning hard-boiled egg always faces up
Try it at home.
Scientists design $100 muon detector
It's a unique chance to do some top notch science from the comfort of your own home.
Why wheelie suitcases wobble out of control and what you can do to stop them
Ah, wheeled luggage -- a necessary evil.
Why clouds don’t fall
They never fall but they pour.
World’s tiniest race will pit nanocars against each other in Toulouse this April
The stakes have never been so tiny.
NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe
It's cool, and it's totally out there!
Czech researchers turn graphene sheets into the first stable non-metallic magnets
Is there anything graphene can't do?
Light-bending material could bridge quantum and classical physics
We're closer than ever to a Theory of Everything.
In 1975, a physicist co-authored a paper with his cat. He did it for a very good reason
F.D.C. Willard, also known as Chester, is a cat who co-authored a high-quality physics paper in 1975
Squished-booms: looking at the behavior of underwater explosions
Explosions behave quite differently underwater than what you'd see on the surface.
The 2016 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to trio of topological experts
Bagel physics begets a prize.
Physicists think they might have found a dark boson — a dark matter particle
It could be the key to understanding dark matter.
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