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Gayoung Lee at Gizmodo today has responses to the question Whatever Happened to String Theory?. Carlo Rovelli and I give…

Most of the atomic clocks in the world — fewer than 500 in total — are housed at standards institutes…

In June we featured an interview with the author Olivia Campbell about her recent book Sisters in Science: How Four…

X-ray observations reveal surprising features of the dying star’s most energetic environment. Some 200 light years from Earth, the core…

📖Read Time: 5 minutes📊Readability: Moderate (Standard complexity)🔖Core Topics: om, mn, os, op, velocityThe “Addition of Velocities” formula (more correctly, the…

Over a century ago, Einstein wrote his theories of special relativity and general relativity. Within those theories, he predicted that,…

The future of quantum physics and technology debated at the Royal Institution – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…

Fluid dynamics often comes down to a competition between the different forces acting in a flow. Inertia, surface tension, viscosity,…

Aerial photo of Monte Sierpe, facing northeast. Credit: J.L. Bongers Sediment analysis and drone photography of the iconic South American…

Chen-Ning Yang (often known in the US as “Frank”) passed away in Beijing yesterday at the age of 103. He…