How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of the elementary school physics canon. But the world is messier than a textbook. Scientists in the Harvard John A.

One of the dumber assertions that always turns up in arguments about the sciences versus "the humanities"-- the Two Cultures of C.P. Snow's famous lecture-- is that the clinical approach inherent to ...

Out in the depths of the universe, outlandish black-hole-like entities might exist with the power to redefine physics as we know it. A new study calculates that, in the coming years, gravitational ...

Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could pave the way to unlocking new physics, a study claims. When you purchase ...

A week or so ago, I got a question on Facebook that was relayed from one of the kids of a college friend, which I'll paraphrase as "What's the physics explanation of what gives objects their color?" ...

Statepoint When many of us think of physics, we think of high-level science courses taught in high school and college. The truth is that not only can you teach your child the basic principles of this ...

Oscillating object: the new protocol evaluates the Leggett–Garg inequality without the need for creating a macroscopic quantum state. (Courtesy: Shutterstock ...

Shrinivas Kulkarni The Indian-American astronomer has won the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy. (Courtesy: Chris S Flynn Photography/CC BY-SA 3.0) Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the 2024 Shaw Prize in ...