The Physics of Scuba Diving
A deep dive into the science of staying alive underwater. ..
A deep dive into the science of staying alive underwater. ..
By firing pulses quintillionths of a second long, physicists study the fleeting motion of an electron leaving two bonded atoms. ..
A team of physicists has entangled three photons over a considerable distance, which could lead to more powerful quantum cryptography. ..
To send astronauts on long-term space missions, it’ll take rotating habitats to produce artificial gravity. But that’s trickier than you might think. ..
Recent explorations of unique geometric worlds reveal perplexing patterns, including the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio. ..
Other superheroes float, rocket, or jump their way around the Marvel Cinematic Universe—but this new flying method needs a physics analysis. ..
Physicists just reconstructed a 19th-century paradox that seems to violate the second law of thermodynamics (but really doesn’t). ..
NASA will soon release the results of its DART mission to find out whether crashing a probe into a space rock can deflect it. Here’s how they'll do the math. ..
In What If? 2, Randall Munroe explains that evading gravity can reduce your mass—but let’s do the math to see how far you have to go. ..
Physicists have solved a key problem of robotic locomotion by revising the usual rules of interaction between simple component parts. ..