Physics
Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Real science underpins much of the action in the show — along with a hefty dose of artistic liberty.
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Real science underpins much of the action in the show — along with a hefty dose of artistic liberty.
No bigger than a grain of rice, the heart of the instrument is the latest entrant in the quest to build ever tinier gravity-measuring devices.
The acoustic qualities of instruments may have influenced variations in musical scales and preferred harmonies.
Superconducting temperatures have risen by about 250 degrees since the 1970s, but are still too cold to enable practical technologies.
Trees could act as antennas that pick up radio waves of ultra-high energy neutrinos interactions, one physicist proposes.
Physicists grapple with their role as stewards of the United States’ aging nuclear weapons in the new book by Sarah Scoles.
After big contributions in accelerator physics, Sekazi Mtingwa has been focused on opening science for everyone.
The first fusion experiment to produce an energy excess required meticulous planning and also revealed a long-predicted heating phenomenon.
Nanostructures in a blueberry’s waxy coating make it look blue, despite having dark red pigments — and no blue ones — in its skin, a new study reports.
Science News reviews Roma Agrawal's book, which updates the classic list of simple machines and reveals the heart and soul of engineering.
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