Earth recorded its shortest day on record recently. And that could affect our clocks

Some days fly by faster than others, and it’s not a figment of your imagination. According to the…

The Differences Between Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Setting the record straight on how these two similar-sounding energy sources truly differ. Clean and sustainable nuclear…

Scientists make the first detection of exotic “X” particles in a quark-gluon plasma

The findings could redefine the kinds of particles that were abundant in the early universe. In…

Did scientists really quantum entangle tardigrades?

Physicists dismiss claim that the first multicellular organism has been entangled with a qubit. But what…

One of nature’s key constants is much larger in a quantum material

The fine-structure constant is 10 times its normal value in the material, giving a peek at…

Our Universe may have a fifth dimension that would change everything we know about physics

What else could there be beyond the three dimensions of space and one of time? And…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex…

Why Heron’s Aeolipile Is One of History’s Greatest Forgotten Machines

Nearly 1,800 years before the start of the Industrial Revolution, an ancient engineer by the name…

Explainer: Rainbows, fogbows and their eerie cousins

With a little water and a glimmer of light, crazy sky displays can emerge, day or…