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Physics Explains Ingrown Toenails
Health

Physics Explains Ingrown Toenails

By Sarah Fecht

This App Turns Your Phone Into A Cosmic Ray Detector
Science

This App Turns Your Phone Into A Cosmic Ray Detector

By Francie Diep

Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize
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Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize

By Francie Diep

Spooky Action In Threes: Physicists Entangle Three Particles Of Light
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Spooky Action In Threes: Physicists Entangle Three Particles Of Light

By Francie Diep

Fall Into A Trance Watching This Pendulum Wave Of Bowling Balls
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Fall Into A Trance Watching This Pendulum Wave Of Bowling Balls

By Francie Diep

Click Your Way To Discovery In CERN’s ‘Particle Clicker’ Game
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Click Your Way To Discovery In CERN’s ‘Particle Clicker’ Game

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Newest, Strictest Test Of A Quantum Computer Yet
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The Newest, Strictest Test Of A Quantum Computer Yet

By Francie Diep

How To Prove That Light Can Be Converted Into Matter
Science

How To Prove That Light Can Be Converted Into Matter

By Devon Maloney

‘Indisputable’ Proof Of A New Four-Quark Particle
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‘Indisputable’ Proof Of A New Four-Quark Particle

By Francie Diep

Video: The Physics Of Emperor Penguin Huddles
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Video: The Physics Of Emperor Penguin Huddles

By Francie Diep

Heating Water To 600 Degrees Celsius In One Trillionth Of A Second
Science

Heating Water To 600 Degrees Celsius In One Trillionth Of A Second

By Francie Diep

Blue Oil On Bowling Lanes Shows How You Roll
Technology

Blue Oil On Bowling Lanes Shows How You Roll

By Colin Lecher

Friction Physics Reveals Details Of How People Hauled 100-Plus-Ton Stones To China’s Forbidden City
Technology

Friction Physics Reveals Details Of How People Hauled 100-Plus-Ton Stones To China’s Forbidden City

By Francie Diep

The Mathematics Of Throwing A Curveball
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The Mathematics Of Throwing A Curveball

By Colin Lecher

A Very Simple Explanation Of The Higgs Boson
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A Very Simple Explanation Of The Higgs Boson

By Shaunacy Ferro

The Dark Side Of The Nobel Prizes
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The Dark Side Of The Nobel Prizes

By Mark Jackson/ The Conversation

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Watch This Droplet ‘Walk’ On Liquid [Video]

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: How Forceful Is A Sneeze?
Science

FYI: How Forceful Is A Sneeze?

By Daniel Engber

FYI: If I Fell Through Earth, What Would Happen In The Center?
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FYI: If I Fell Through Earth, What Would Happen In The Center?

By Susannah F. Locke

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What Happens When You Fire An AK-47 Underwater [Video]

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Shipping A 50-Foot Magnet Across The U.S., For Physics
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Shipping A 50-Foot Magnet Across The U.S., For Physics

By Rebecca Boyle

We’ve Finally Figured Out What Makes LED Bulbs So Inefficient
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We’ve Finally Figured Out What Makes LED Bulbs So Inefficient

By Shaunacy Ferro

How Physics Can Help Solve Crimes
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How Physics Can Help Solve Crimes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Space Rocks 101: What You Need To Know About Russia’s Meteor
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Space Rocks 101: What You Need To Know About Russia’s Meteor

By Shaunacy Ferro

Physicists Create Crystals That Are Nearly Alive
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Physicists Create Crystals That Are Nearly Alive

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: What Gives Ravens Quarterback Joe Flacco His Mutant-Like Arm?
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FYI: What Gives Ravens Quarterback Joe Flacco His Mutant-Like Arm?

By Colin Lecher

Lifting James’ Giant Peach Would Have Required Way More Seagulls Than Roald Dahl Said
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Lifting James’ Giant Peach Would Have Required Way More Seagulls Than Roald Dahl Said

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Send A Cloud Of Atoms Plunging Below Absolute Zero
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Scientists Send A Cloud Of Atoms Plunging Below Absolute Zero

By Clay Dillow

5 Of Physics’s Greatest Sex Scandals
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5 Of Physics’s Greatest Sex Scandals

By Krislyn Placide

Which City Has The Most Nobel Prize Winners? [Infographic]
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Which City Has The Most Nobel Prize Winners? [Infographic]

By Colin Lecher

How Do We Know We’re Not Living Inside A Massive Computer Simulation?
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How Do We Know We’re Not Living Inside A Massive Computer Simulation?

By Clay Dillow

How The Physics Nobel Winners Imprison Subatomic Particles
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How The Physics Nobel Winners Imprison Subatomic Particles

By Rebecca Boyle

After The LHC: The Next Really Big Experiments In Particle Physics
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After The LHC: The Next Really Big Experiments In Particle Physics

By Clay Dillow

“Looper” And The Real Science Of Time Travel
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“Looper” And The Real Science Of Time Travel

By Dave Mosher

Strange, Unexplained Solar Influence Over Earth’s Radioactive Material Could Herald Solar Flares
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Strange, Unexplained Solar Influence Over Earth’s Radioactive Material Could Herald Solar Flares

By Rebecca Boyle

Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time
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Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time

By Rebecca Boyle

A Diamond Quantum Bit Holds Data for Nearly Two Seconds at Room Temperature
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A Diamond Quantum Bit Holds Data for Nearly Two Seconds at Room Temperature

By Clay Dillow

Hello, Higgs Boson: LHC’s New Particle Looks Like the Real Thing
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Hello, Higgs Boson: LHC’s New Particle Looks Like the Real Thing

By Rebecca Boyle

Tantalizing Signs of Higgs Boson Found By U.S. Tevatron Collider
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Tantalizing Signs of Higgs Boson Found By U.S. Tevatron Collider

By Rebecca Boyle

NIST’s Quantum Simulator Mimics Hundreds of Qubits Interacting
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NIST’s Quantum Simulator Mimics Hundreds of Qubits Interacting

By Clay Dillow

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid
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Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer
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How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer

By Clay Dillow

“Jarno Smeets” and the Physics of True Human Flight
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“Jarno Smeets” and the Physics of True Human Flight

By Adam Weiner

For the First Time, a Message Sent With Neutrinos
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For the First Time, a Message Sent With Neutrinos

By Rebecca Boyle

PopSci Q&A: Kate Findlay Talks About the Confluence of Quilting and the Large Hadron Collider
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PopSci Q&A: Kate Findlay Talks About the Confluence of Quilting and the Large Hadron Collider

By Dan Nosowitz

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits
Science

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits

By Rebecca Boyle

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds
Science

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds

By Clay Dillow

The First Direct Measurements of Earth’s Rotation, Made With the World’s Most Stable Ring Laser
Science

The First Direct Measurements of Earth’s Rotation, Made With the World’s Most Stable Ring Laser

By Clay Dillow

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Environment

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

By Rebecca Boyle

Researchers Entangle Two Millimeter-Sized Diamonds, A Huge Leap in the Scale of Quantum Entanglement
Science

Researchers Entangle Two Millimeter-Sized Diamonds, A Huge Leap in the Scale of Quantum Entanglement

By Rebecca Boyle

The Unsplittable Bit
Science

The Unsplittable Bit

By James Gleick

Quantum Scheme Could Allow Submarines to Communicate Securely
Science

Quantum Scheme Could Allow Submarines to Communicate Securely

By Clay Dillow

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Might Be Explained By GPS Failing to Account For Special Relativity
Science

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Might Be Explained By GPS Failing to Account For Special Relativity

By Rebecca Boyle

Fermilab Stops Smashing Hadrons, Looks Into Smashing Muons
Science

Fermilab Stops Smashing Hadrons, Looks Into Smashing Muons

By Clay Dillow

Baffling CERN Results Show Neutrinos Moving Faster Than the Speed of Light
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Baffling CERN Results Show Neutrinos Moving Faster Than the Speed of Light

By Clay Dillow

Latest Results from the Large Hadron Collider Do Not Look Good For the Supersymmetry Theory of Everything
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Latest Results from the Large Hadron Collider Do Not Look Good For the Supersymmetry Theory of Everything

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: What’s Wrong With the “Flintstones” Approach to Braking
Science

Video: What’s Wrong With the “Flintstones” Approach to Braking

By Adam Weiner

Fresh Data From CERN and Tevatron Gives A Glimpse of the God Particle
Science

Fresh Data From CERN and Tevatron Gives A Glimpse of the God Particle

By Rebecca Boyle

Is American Foot-Dragging Pushing the Future Elsewhere?
Science

Is American Foot-Dragging Pushing the Future Elsewhere?

By Clay Dillow

Video: How to Make a Truck Jump 332 Feet
Science

Video: How to Make a Truck Jump 332 Feet

By Amanda Schupak

Electrons Are Incredibly Close to Being Perfect Spheres
Technology

Electrons Are Incredibly Close to Being Perfect Spheres

By Rebecca Boyle

For the First Time, Humans See Quantum Entanglement With the Naked Eye
Science

For the First Time, Humans See Quantum Entanglement With the Naked Eye

By Clay Dillow

How One Man Waged War Against Gravity
Science

How One Man Waged War Against Gravity

By Natalie Wolchover

To Improve Astronomic Measurements, Scientists Want To Launch A Light Bulb Into Space
Science

To Improve Astronomic Measurements, Scientists Want To Launch A Light Bulb Into Space

By Rebecca Boyle