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What Lit the Lamps That Let Humanity Measure the Universe
Every year, around 1,000 Type Ia supernovas erupt in the sky. These stellar explosions brighten and then fade away in…
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Pi Is Hiding Everywhere
There’s your pi. In fact, you can measure the mass, period, and spring constant independently and use this to calculate…
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The Electron Is Having a (Magnetic) Moment. It’s a Big Deal
In classical physics, a vacuum is a total void—a true manifestation of nothingness. But quantum physics says that empty space…
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How Quantum Physicists ‘Flipped Time’ (and Didn’t)
Physicists have coaxed particles of light into undergoing opposite transformations simultaneously, like a human turning into a werewolf as the…
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Tiny, Explosive ‘Jetlets’ Might Be Fueling the Solar Wind
Streaming out of the sun at a million miles an hour, the solar wind—a blistering plasma of electrons, protons, and…
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“Bending physics”: inside Rimac’s plan to make the fastest EV on the planet
Before I was allowed to drive the Nevera, Rimac Automobili’s $2-million 1,914 horsepower all-electric hypercar, chief test and development driver…
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A Tiny Sun in a Jar Sheds Light on Solar Flare Research
Seth Putterman started out studying the behavior of plasma for national security reasons. Extremely fast hypersonic missiles heat and ionize the…
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The Physics Principle That Inspired Modern AI Art
Sohl-Dickstein used the principles of diffusion to develop an algorithm for generative modeling. The idea is simple: The algorithm first…
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The Secret to Bruce Lee’s Superhuman One-Inch Punch
No one wants to deal with that many interactions. Instead, in physics we treat the ball as one thing—and that’s…
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You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter
But let’s be honest: Most people, even in the moderate damage zone, won’t survive. Hardly anyone lives or works in…
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