The Boltzmann Paradox
YouthHumanPhilosophyPhysics...How do you know you’re a person rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial memories?
Have You Ever Seen An Atom?
YouthPhysicsScienceTechnologyScientists at the University of California Los Angeles have found a way to create stunningly detailed 3D reconstructing of platinum nanoparticles at an atomic scale.
How Does A Carburetor Work?
AdultsConstructionCreativityPhysics...Air flows into the top of the carburetor from the car's air intake, passing through a filter that cleans it of debris..
Why no one has measured the speed of light
AdultsData ScienceEducationScience...Physics students learn the speed of light, c, is the same for all inertial observers but no one has ever actually measured it in one direction.
Why Don't We Have Water Powered Cars Yet?
AdultsCreativityIndustryScience...Today we're dipping our toes into the engineering and physics behind water-powered cars!
World's Lightest Solid!
AdultsConstructionMediaScience...Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission.