Tag: Physics
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...
Does the direction water rotates down the drain depend on which...
Francisco José Machín Jiménez, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Borja Aguiar González, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated...
John Mauro, Penn State and Katelyn Kirchner, Penn State
Glass is a material of many faces: It is both...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
