In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.

While William Rowan Hamilton isn’t a household name like, say, Einstein or Hawking, he might have been. It turns out the ...

This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

Explore the fascinating world of perpetual motion through a deep dive into magnet motors. This video unveils the science and theories behind building a perpetual motion machine and magnet motor, ...

Einstein’s uncle Jakob was an inventor in Munich. He produced patents for arc lamps, electric meters, and dynamos in the late ...

Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

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The early years of our solar system were a period of unimaginable chaos and violence, a gravitational free-for-all where colliding planetary embryos competed for survival. In this tumultuous ...