Which physicist is the greatest of all time: Newton or Einstein? When it all comes down—you know, like the force of gravity—there’s no contest.
In 1995, astronomers, using the recently launched Hubble Space Telescope, wanted to take long exposure…
By 22, Edward Witten had quit journalism, economics, politics, and math. Now he’s the world’s top physicist. So much for “quitters never prosper.”
Will Hunting isn’t the only misguided mathematician with a Hollywood story. Meet Evariste Galois, the OG of algebra. Real duels, real guns, real murder.
Fat, sugar, lactose, gluten. No matter what it is, some food doctor says it’s slowly killing you. Is nothing sacred? Truly, what else is left to eat?
You believed in science. You believed in your dad. And now, your dad the physicist is busting some science myths he helped create. Is nothing sacred?
OK, OK. So yesterday, we accepted that there might be aliens. But wait, are the aliens building a Dyson Sphere? And while we’re at it, what the hell is a Dyson Sphere?
When one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century blurts out “WHERE ARE THEY?!” and scientists start referring to a WTF Star, you know something’s up. Aliens. Maybe for real.
So maybe it’s NOT that the robots are going to take over and murder us all. Maybe we’ll willfully hand it all over. What if we’re really that stupid?