physics
A new report calls on the departments of certain scientific fields to double the number of black students by 2030.
The outer edges of a black hole might be “fuzzy” instead of neat and smooth.
Is information the fifth form of matter?
New study figures out how stars produce gamma ray bursts.
From talking about Schrödinger’s cat to nuking the South Pole, this decades-old interview shows why Kaku was born to be a science educator.
Plate tectonics and mantle plumes set the lifespan of volcanic islands like Hawaii and the Galapagos.
In 2017, researchers believed they had found evidence for the elusive Majorana fermion. Now, a new study found that the exotic class of particles may still be confined to theory.
An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
We have arrived: Big Think’s most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.
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The idea of ‘absolute time’ is an illusion. Physics and subjective experience reveal why.
Russian astrophysicists propose the Casimir Effect causes the universe’s expansion to accelerate.
Next on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown, black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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Princeton scientists find a new way to control nuclear fusion reactions.
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The noted astronomer and author Carl Sagan came up with a famous dictum acronymed ECREE.
How the phenomenon of time dilation became very real to me … at a monastery.
Big Think has launched a line of apparel and goods that celebrate the life and work of four geniuses.
Big Think has launched a line of apparel and goods that celebrate the life and work of four geniuses.
The inventor Nikola Tesla’s esoteric beliefs included unusual theories about the Egyptian pyramids.
Superpowerful lasers for next-generation technologies are closer to existence.
Here are 10 physics courses you can take now with some of the best experts in the world.
Researchers find what causes the glow coming from the densest objects in our universe.
Researchers discovered a mysterious quantum effect that breaks a 60-year-old physics theorem.
As this map of Bouguer’s gravity anomaly shows, the pull of the earth varies considerably by region.
A new paper suggests that the mysterious X17 subatomic particle is indicative of a fifth force of nature.
Researchers develop a novel method to measure gravity that can get much more information.
Recognizing the opportunity the future holds can help you better manage the challenges to come.
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An Oxford scientist claims a Nobel-Prize-winning conclusion is wrong.
An Oxford scientist’s controversial theory rethinks dark matter and dark energy.
The achievement is an important milestone in quantum computing, Google’s scientists said.