Physics
Minute Physics: Why E=mc² is Incomplete
Here’s another great video from the folks at Minute Physics. One of the most famous equations from one of the…
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, Explained
This hot-off-the-press video from the science-explainer folks at Sixty Symbols does a great job of detailing the science of the…
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Merge?
Frame from a simulation of the merger of two black holes and the resulting emission of gravitational radiation (NASA/C. Henze)…
Work Begins on the World’s Largest Cosmic Ray Observatory
Caption: Lake Baikal. Credit: SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE Construction has just begun at the Tunka Valley…
A Space-Time Crystal to Outlive the Universe
Caption: Selfmade Alum Crystal. Weight 5.01g Source: JanDerChemiker via wikimedia commons The second law of thermodynamics states that all isolated…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 269: Mass
Last week we talked about energy, and this week we’ll talk about mass. And here’s the crazy thing. Mass, matter,…
Podcast: Energy
Our entire civilization depends on energy: getting it, converting it, burning it, and conserving it. But how do physicists think…
The Higgs Boson in One Minute… or Two…
If you're still scratching your head, trying to figure out all the Higgs Boson news, the great folks from MinutePhysics…
What’s a Higgs Boson, Anyway?
With the science world all abuzz in anticipation of tomorrow's official announcement from CERN in regards to its hunt for…
Tevatron Targets Higgs Mass
Today, researchers from Fermilab announced they have zeroed in further on the mass of the Higgs boson, the controversially-called "God…