The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: July 11, 2015
Why puddles stop spreading, five ways physics affects your gas mileage, and calculating how long it would take to drive to Pluto are among this week's physics highlights.
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The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: July 4, 2015
Solving the mystery of how glass forms, Space-X Falcon 9 crashes and burns, and the physics of those no-stick ketchup bottles are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: June 27, 2015
Why neutron stars are kinda like black holes, robots that mimic how fish swim, and how gravity might doom Schroedinger's cat are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: June 20, 2015
A fifth tau neutrino, graphene makes the world's thinnest lightbulb, and how you can measure the Earth's axial tilt this solstice are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: June 13, 2015
The physics of butterfly flight, the universe as a fruitcake, and all the things we still don't understand about water are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: June 6, 2015
Pluto's moons tumble in order, celebrating 20 years of Bose-Einstein condensates, and insight into the Coriolis effect are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: May 30, 2015
Squeezed quantum cats, the death of John Nash, and 24,992 ways to tie a necktie are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: May 23, 2015
Laser-etched logrithmic spirals, light bulb physics, and the fractal nature of urban growth are among this week's physics highlights.
The Sciences
Science Writer Throwndown: Fear and Loathing of Physics
A tongue-in-cheek blog post on the best and worst scientific fields to write about reveals a disheartening aversion to physics.
The Sciences
Physics Week in Review: May 16, 2015
The first results from the upgraded Large Hadron Collider, syntactic foam, a Fibonacci clock, and a worm with a fractal nose glove are among this week's highlights.
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