A week or so ago, I got a question on Facebook that was relayed from one of the kids of a college friend, which I'll paraphrase as "What's the physics explanation of what gives objects their color?" ...

All of it should be discussed, according to the theoretical high energy physicist from USC. That goes for everyone, even those of us who can’t tell a neutron from a neutrino. “People say ‘Ah, it’s not ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

A couple of weeks ago, fellow Forbes blogger Ethan Siegel took to his keyboard with the goal of making me sigh heavily, writing a post about interpretations of quantum physics calling the idea that ...

Perpetual motion—it's fun to say that. For some people, perpetual motion machines hold the secret to everlasting free energy that will save the world. To them, it's a machine that is just beyond our ...

The renowned cosmologist wants to make the ideas of modern physics accessible to anyone who’s willing to do a bit of extra thinking. The following is an excerpt from The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: ...

Manfred Steiner had a successful and productive career as a doctor, helping generations of medical students learn about hematology. But all along, he had a nagging feeling he should be doing something ...

Their videos have accumulated more than 500,000,000 views thanks in large part to the unbridled energy of Professor Tatiana Erukhimova, who conducts physics shows to kids as part of the university's ...

The UK Institute of Physics has turned to young social-media stars to get more schoolchildren excited about the subject. The Institute of Physics (IOP) wants to inspire young people who’ve never ...

The art of conversation may be dead, but you wouldn’t know it from the attention being paid to ChatGPT. It’s not a person with sparkling repartee, but a chatbot that accesses a terabyte-sized database ...

College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...