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Addressing the Heated Question About Microwave Ovens
Heating up a quick meal to satiate your stomach at the end of a long workday? You might…
Fancy a Cup of Coffee? Here’s How Your Electric Kettle Knows When Your Water Is Boiling
Imagine your morning going as follows: you wake up, proceed to the nearest countertop, and decide that your…
The Most Powerful Explosions In the Universe
We may have crafted for ourselves truly scary forms of explosions for science or other nefarious uses down…
All About Quantum Entanglement and This Year’s Nobel Prize In Physics
Don’t fret if the topics involved in this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics awardee has you in a…
What Time Is It… And How Did We Ever Figure It Out?
The endless streams of communication happening all around the world all at once necessitates specialized measures to make…
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.…