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The Very Best of Veritasium In Modern Sciences
Intrepid science enthusiasts from all around the world likely scour YouTube for quick and accessible science content that’s…
Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter
A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes. Facility for…
‘One of the greatest damn mysteries of physics’: we studied distant suns in the most precise astronomical test of electromagnetism yet
NASA Michael Murphy, Swinburne University of Technology There’s an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature’s laws…
Four common misconceptions about quantum physics
Shrödinger’s cat is world famous, but what does it really mean? Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr, CC BY-SA Alessandro Fedrizzi, Heriot-Watt…
Are bananas really ‘radioactive’? An expert clears up common misunderstandings about radiation
Allexxandar/Shutterstock Sarah Loughran, University of Wollongong The simple mention of the word “radiation” often evokes fear in people.…
What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time
Solutions to Einstein’s famous equations back in the 20th century describe ‘wormholes,’ or tunnels through space-time. Mark Garlick/Science…
An Equation For (Almost) Everything: The Standard Model of Particle Physics
After decades of work from several generations of physicists, we now have our most accurate mathematical depiction of…
Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body
Devices like this experimental apparatus can produce pairs of photons that are linked, or ‘entangled’. Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S.…
Nobel prize: physicists share prize for insights into the spooky world of quantum mechanics
Members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics (L-R…
What We Know About the Force That Holds Atomic Nuclei Together
Some of us are well-versed in the forces that keep us tethered to the ground, and with those…