Whether it's the forces that keep athletes twirling, the weird laws governing the quantum realm, or the far-out ideas of time travel and alternate universes, physics and mathematics cover a lot of interesting territory.
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'Can you predict the future? Yes, of course you can.': Inside the 1 equation that can predict the weather, the Super Bowl, and more
"Life isn’t chess, a game of perfect information, one that can in theory be 'solved.' It's poker, a game where you're trying to make the best decisions using the limited information you have. "
Daylight saving time 2024: When does the time change?
Here's a look at when the time changes for daylight saving time 2024, and what is the purpose of daylight saving time in the first place.
Nobel Prize in Physics: 1901-Present
An artist's illustration of an artificial neural network.
Quantum physicists discover 'negative time' in strange experiment
Physicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, revealing observational evidence of negative time
1st-ever observation of 'spooky action' between quarks is highest-energy quantum entanglement ever detected
The discovery of two entangled quarks at the large Hadron Collider is the highest-energy observation of entanglement ever made.
Stephen Hawking's black hole radiation paradox could finally be solved — if black holes aren't what they seem
New research suggests that black holes may actually be "frozen stars," bizarre quantum objects that lack a singularity and an event horizon, potentially solving some of the biggest paradoxes in black hole physics.
Physicists unveil 1D gas made of pure light
Physicists have created a one dimensional gas out of light particles for the first time. Studying how the photon gas behaves could help researchers discover some yet-unknown quantum optical effects.
What are centrifugal and centripetal forces?
reference Centrifugal and centripetal are two closely related forces that describe circular motion, but the meanings are often mixed up.
