Physics & Math

Three Words That Could Overthrow Physics: “What Is Magnetism?”

04.24.2008 The standard model still doesn't describe magnets' spooky action at a distance.

by Bruno Maddox

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Albert Einstein, Rock Star

He made science cool, turned bad hair good—and there's that tongue photo. 03.26.2008

3 Theories That Might Blow Up the Big Bang

Time may not have a beginning—and it might not exist at all. 03.25.2008

Genius at Work

The labs, desks, and chalkboards where Einstein brought his insights into the world. 03.25.2008

Keeping Up With The Picards

The director of Jumper on putting teleportation on-screen. 03.12.2008

Einstein Didn't Grok His Own Revolution

He thought black holes and quantum mechanics were too weird to be true. 03.10.2008

Einstein Inc.

In death, he mastered the science of making money. 03.05.2008

What Is This? A Field of Micro-Volcanoes?

These growths may look like little volcanoes, but they are are nothing of the sort. 03.02.2008

Teleportation? Very Possible. Next Up: Time Travel.

Some of the most far-out sci-fi is eminently do-able. 02.28.2008

Could the Next Einstein Be a Surfer Dude?

Six iconoclasts who could revolutionize physics—again. 02.26.2008

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Relativity

Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it. 02.25.2008

A Kilogram Just Ain't What It Used To Be

The archetypal kilogram is losing mass, and no one knows why. 02.13.2008

Children of a Lesser God

For the offspring of a science deity, the legacy is more burden than blessing. 02.12.2008

Rearranging Stars to Communicate with Aliens

A proposal to create special constellations that nature would never produce 02.08.2008

14 Best Ways to Use Your Computer’s Spare Time

Between YouTube videos, your processor can search for a cure for AIDS. 02.06.2008

The Cutting Edge in Topology Research: Strings in a Box

A simple box turned by a motor shows the complexity of knot formation. 02.04.2008

Stupid Science Word of the Month: Barn

A physics joke that bombed. Atomically. 01.29.2008



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