physics - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers | Mental Floss

Common Misconceptions About Flying

He's harmless.

Common Misconceptions About Flying

Does Putting a Penny in the Microwave Really Make It Shrink?

J E Theriot, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

Does Putting a Penny in the Microwave Really Make It Shrink?

20 Boredom-Busting Science Experiments You Can Do at Home, Courtesy of YouTube’s Physics Girl

YouTube's Physics Girl snuffs out a candle with carbon dioxide.

20 Boredom-Busting Science Experiments You Can Do at Home, Courtesy of YouTube’s Physics Girl

14 Incredible Scientific Discoveries of the Decade

NASA // Public Domain

14 Incredible Scientific Discoveries of the Decade

How to Make a Sled Go Faster, According to Science

iStock

10 Radiant Facts About Marie Curie

Photo Illustration by Mental Floss. Curie: Hulton Archive, Getty Images. Background: iStock

19 Things You Might Not Have Known About Albert Einstein

Hulton Archive, Getty Images

New British Coin Featuring a Black Hole Honors Stephen Hawking

The Royal Mint

12 Common Things Science Still Hasn't Figured Out

Laughter: Still a scientific mystery

Physicists Have Come Up With the 'Perfect Pizza Equation'

iStock.com/nickcurteman

Two Harvard Scientists Suggest 'Oumuamua Could Be, Uh, an Alien Probe

ESO/M. Kornmesser

Ig Nobel Prizes Honor Self-Colonoscopies and Kidney Stone-Dislodging Roller Coasters

iStock

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Who Discovered Pulsars, Was Just Awarded $3 Million for Her Work—More Than 40 Years After Nobel Prize Snub

Silicon Republic, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

The Mysterious Mathematical Principle That Links Bus Systems and Chicken Eyes

iStock

Why Jerk Drivers Who Merge at the Last Minute Are Actually More Efficient

iStock

Why Don’t We Fall Off the Earth?

Chloe Effron