Can you solve this odd balance challenge?
Challenge: Does the balance beam tip to the right, to the left, or does it remain unchanged?
Tagged: physics
What is fire?
Discover the scientific nature of fire.
Dimensions
What would life be like with just two (or four) dimensions?
The Higgs Field explained
One of the most significant scientific discoveries of the early 21st century is surely the Higgs boson, but the boson and the Higgs Field that allows for that magic particle are extremely difficult to grasp. Don Lincoln outlines an analogy (originally conceived by David Miller) that all of us can appreciate, starring a large dinner party, a raucous group of physicists, and Peter Higgs himself.
Awesome science gifs (42 pictures)
A mind-boggling set of GIFs showing that science isn’t only fascinating, but really exciting as well! You can study the facts of science or learn some through GIFs.
What if Einstein is wrong?
We’ll have to recalibrate everything — the age of the universe, the age of stars, the distance to the stars, the basic structure of modern electronics, the GPS, nuclear weapons — all of that would have to be recalibrated and rethought …