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The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics2 Comments -
Richard Feynman's forgotten notes on 'the restaurant problem' finally deciphered7 Comments -
'Crystals' of space-time could be the origins of rare black holes, theoretical study hints2 Comments
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.
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How many holes does the human body have?You might think that the human body has many holes, but that number shrinks when you stop to consider what counts as a hole.
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Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics but would ultimately kill one of them.
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Crack these scientific numbers and constants and top the leaderboardGuess the number quiz Do you know your mathematical equations from your scientific constants? If you know your numbers then try our daily quiz.
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AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?AI is making gains in solving pure math problems. Can it crack the hardest problems in mathematics?
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Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physicsScientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely appeared, dark matter results couldn't be confirmed.
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What was the loudest sound ever recorded?Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.
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Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possibleA new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti.
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World's largest neutrino detector starts up — with incredible resultsDeep underground in southern China, there is a 20,000-ton tank of liquid that can detect neutrinos. Named JUNO, the detector's first results are in — and they're very promising.
