Ever wonder why mirrors reflect objects horizontally? In a classic 2015 video by Physics Girl, she explains the phenomena using physics that left an answer stuck to all her viewers.
Researchers have accomplished the high-precision measurement of a thorium isotope's nuclear transition - opening the possibilities for more accurate nuclear clocks.
Many said that if time travel is possible, there would be many paradoxes to deal with, but a physics student has proven that it may be possible minus the paradoxes.
This 2020, the Ig Nobel Awards celebrates its 30th anniversary and celebrates the lighter side of science that highlights research achievement that at first sounds absurd but otherwise made people think.
In investigating how water heats up under extreme conditions, a team of researchers observed water that remained in its liquid form even at temperatures of 170 degrees Celsius and above.
Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik is working with DeepMind's chess program, AlphaZero, to analyze new variants in an attempt to reinvent the popular strategy board game.
An Italian flat earther couple who sailed to the edge of the world during lockdown was rescued by a migrant rescue vessel and now forced to quarantine.
Astronomers claim that at least 45 exoplanets are similar to Earth—from the composition of their atmosphere to the presence of liquid water that can possibly support life.
A collaborative team creates a very small device that can detect magnetic fields. The Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) can be applied in medicine, topology, and research for new materials.
We are lucky to live in an era of technological development and digitalization. Before the computer was invented and made accessible, all generations of students had to spend hours in libraries reading to find the information they needed.
Millions tuned to YouTube as illusionist David Blaine performed his latest stunt: the Ascension. Using 52 large balloons, he was able to fly into the sky about 24,000 feet above the ground. He successfully landed by releasing the balloons and parachuted back down.