physics

The director claimed that he tested the board itself to gauge its buoyancy.

He wrote it to tip a hotel bellboy and told him "will probably be worth more than a regular tip."

The names for many of the dozens of particles that make up the universe—as well as a few that are still purely theoretical—come from ancient Greek.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

He invented a new branch of physics. He also loved playing tag.

The study could help improve weather forecasts.

Go slow.

It's not only aircraft that break the sound barrier.

Serving a crowd? Break out the pizza cutter and prepare to do some math.

When it comes to getting the most out of your favorite meals, the hungriest minds in the fields of math and science have got your back.

It's been a big year.

Harry and Marv shouldn't have made it out alive.

Designed by a physics PhD student, the tiny model could be made into a real-life LEGO design.

First we find it. Then we try to move it. And if that doesn't work, we blow it up.

7. He was chummy with Napoleon III.

If the discovery holds up, it will radically shake up what we know about the workings of the universe.

Have you ever been to the beach and built a sand castle, then watched it wash away when the water came in?

If you want to calculate how gravity shapes the universe, then Einstein’s got the equations for you—he set them down 100 years ago in his masterpiece, the general theory of relativity. But there’s a catch: Those equations are notoriously difficult to solv