PHYSICS

A car accident in a movie usually ends in a huge fireball. But what really causes vehicle fires?

Why your drunk friend feels so much heavier than your sober buddies.

Mantis shrimp can deal incredible blows without damaging themselves, but how? The makeup of their armor is key.

Hiking over several feet of snow becomes possible with some clever physics and nature-inspired design.

Rosemary Fowler discovered a type of subatomic particle, the kaon—but left the university before earning her doctorate.

Ben Franklin’s famous experiment with the kite and key gave him a better understanding of the nature of electricity. But did that event lead to the lightning rod?

It depends on the properties of water, the definition of wetness, and whether you can trust when your senses inform you if something is wet or not.

To win a nuclear arms race, Leona Libby hid a pregnancy and brushed off being irradiated.

According to string theory, there are at least 10 dimensions of space, most of which are impossible for humans to perceive.

Before J. Robert Oppenheimer had a change of heart, some of his fellow scientists opposed the U.S. government’s plan to make and deploy an atomic bomb.

The enigmatic physicist at the center of Christopher Nolan's newest film may have come to regret being known as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.”

Trillions of neutrinos zoom through you every second. Here's what you should know about these mysterious, nearly mass-less subatomic particles.