Tag: Physics
Tiny water-walking bugs provide scientists with insights on how microplastics are...
Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that can cause big problems when they enter the...
Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
Johann Rafelski, University of Arizona
For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific...
Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft...
This engineering course has students use their brainwaves to create performing art
Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The...
How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn’t fresh...
Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University; Katharina Domnanich, Michigan State University, and Sean Liddick, Michigan State University
Each October, the...
3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics
Sarah Klanderman, Marian University and Josha Ho, Marian University
Post-pandemic, some educators are trying to reengage students with technology...
Measuring helium in distant galaxies may give physicists insight into why...
Anne-Katherine Burns, University of California, Irvine
When theoretical physicists like myself say that we’re studying why the universe exists,...
How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘father...
Calder Walton, Harvard Kennedy School
“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
