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Explore the laws of physics underlying everyday life and their application to everyday phenomena like gravity and consciousness. 1. Are you serious? There's so much we don't understand: turbulence, ...

In the early 1900s, physicists ran into a bizarre problem: according to the physics they knew at the time, magnetism should ...

A LABORATORY manual outlining a course in physics “adapted equally well to preparation for college and to the immediate requirements of everyday life” may be regarded as a sign of the times. It is ...

You may think that a simple occurrence such as a tree shedding its leaves or an everyday activity such as knitting or ribbon-curling does not involve a great deal of physics, but you would be wrong.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: And so more physics and back to good news. Good news about bubbles and coffee and tea ...

Without the laws of physics to tie the fabric of the universe, the whole thing would fall apart (more than it already has). In a general sense, we know this to be true, but understanding exactly how ...

The Golden Goose Award, which spotlights obscure, silly sounding or odd fundamental discovery research that has led to outsized societal benefits, has announced awardees for the 15th annual season.

Not sure why people don’t make a bigger deal out of this fact. Physicists (and scientists more generally) are infamous for making grandiose claims about how close we are to Figuring It All Out, only ...