physics

An elderly white woman sits on a step, talking with two younger white women.
Science
Lise Meitner — the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
Arts, Culture & Media
Physicist Alan Lightman on Time
Arts, Culture & Media
Hidden Worlds
Arts, Culture & Media
The Science of Time Travel
Arts, Culture & Media
Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Arts, Culture & Media
Hugh Everett Is Alive and Well in an Alternate Universe
Arts, Culture & Media
How to Catch a Spacetime Wave
Arts, Culture & Media
It’s All Relativity
Arts, Culture & Media
Hugh Everett Is Alive and Well in an Alternate Universe
neutron star collision
Technology
In a long-ago neutron star collision, scientists find a cosmic goldmine
Ballet
Arts
Tendues and torque
einstein note
Culture
Einstein’s handwritten secrets for a happy life auctioned for $1.56 million
Ivy Mike
Conflict
What you need to know about modern nuclear war
The work of Rainer Weiss and colleagues fundamentally alters our understanding of the universe.
Science
Meet the Nobel Laureate who detected ripples in the fabric of space and time
dual black holes
Science
Nobel-winning US astrophysicists bring us closer to the ‘birth of the universe’
1919 eclipse
Technology
Why we still remember a ‘relatively’ important eclipse nearly a century later
Culture
The physics behind 2017’s biggest superhero movies
hadron supercollider
Technology
In small collisions, scientists find big new physics questions
There are curious parallels between "love" between two particles and two people.
Arts
Love, quantum physics and ‘entanglement’
Scott Pruitt
Environment
Here’s why new EPA chief Pruitt is ‘absolutely wrong’ about CO2 and climate change
Media
The very real science behind ‘The Expanse’
MIT professor Rainer Weiss dreamed up the idea behind an antennae so sensitive it could detect faint invisible ripples in space and time.
Global Politics
A physicist who proved Einstein right started by tinkering with the family record player
Science
In physics, failure brings almost as much excitement as success
Environment
Scientists on trial for not warning about earthquake
A screenshot from a NASA video explaining the development of the zero-gravity cup.
Science
A zero-gravity cup lets astronauts get a handle on their coffee
Hands up, don't shoot protesters
Global Scan
The ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture from Ferguson moves to Hong Kong
Bio Lego
Arts
Scientists are becoming artists, thanks to ‘NanoArt’
Conflict & Justice
‘Law and the Multiverse’ Considers Superheroes, Legalities
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cities, Municipal Bonds and a Potential for Disaster
Despite the cartoons that her dad draws to illustrate his work — in this case, the theory of cosmic strings — Alina Simone still can't figure it out.
Environment
Even when your dad’s a physicist, it’s hard to wrap your head around the Big Bang discovery
Despite the cartoons that her dad draws to illustrate his work — in this case, the theory of cosmic strings — Alina Simone still can't figure it out.
Environment
Even when your dad’s a physicist, it’s hard to wrap your head around the Big Bang discovery
Brilliant Blunders
Environment
A new book tells how Einstein and others made brilliant blunders
New Super Camera Seeks Answers to the Mystery of Dark Energy
Environment
Black hole paradox remains unexplained
Second Solar Storm Headed for Earth
NASA funds ‘warp speed’ research
Environment
Scientist finds beauty in search for elusive dark matter
Environment
Planck satellite scientists release picture of early universe
Environment
English scientist studies implications of adding senses to human repertoire
Environment
Physicists anxiously await ‘God particle’ announcement from CERN
Environment
Proposed budget cuts domestic funding for fusion research, may delay ‘energy of the future’
Environment
Deep space photos offer a panoramic view of the universe
Environment
Tantalizing indications, but no proof, of existence of Higgs boson — ‘God particle’
Health & Medicine
VIDEO: Officials continue frantic rescue efforts after Turkish earthquake
Environment
Einstein’s Law of Relativity challenged by experiment
Touring ghost towns left behind by Japan’s nuclear disaster
Arts, Culture & Media
Documenting the world’s monster waves
Environment
Earth enters period of turbulent solar weather
Development & Education
The Promise and Perils of Playpump
Global Politics
Energy Hearing in the House
Environment
Neighborhood energy conservation
Environment
The science of time travel
Arts, Culture & Media
The Wonders of Physics
Environment
Discovering dark matter
Environment
‘This is Your Brain on Poverty’
Environment
Sunflowers used to clean up radiation
New Research Suggests Gold on Earth a Result of Crashing Stars
Sports
Flying Scotsman Trying to Break the World Human-Powered Land Speed Record on a Homemade Bike
An Inside Look at The Largest Solar Boat Ever Built
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