Physics

Why Do Some Beer Bubbles Appear to Defy Physics? Science Finally Has an Answer

By Jeffrey Kluger

Here’s Why Stephen Hawking Never Won the Nobel Prize in Physics

By Flora Carr

Google Doodle Celebrates German Quantum Physicist Max Born

By Casey Quackenbush

These 12 People Are Changing Science

By Alice Park , Alexandra Sifferlin and Jeffrey Kluger
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Scientists: 2018 Will Be a Bad Year for Earthquakes

We may see more severe quakes next year, particularly near the equator

By Jeffrey Kluger

Stephen Hawking's Thesis Is So Popular It Crashed Cambridge's Website

More than 60,000 people read it right away

By Jamie Ducharme

Watch Nobel Winner Kip Thorne Talk Gravity Waves, 'Interstellar,' And More

Insights from the leader of the century-long hunt for gravitational waves

By Jeffrey Kluger

Einstein's Theory About Gravitational Waves Was Just Proved Right — Again

A century-old theory proves itself

By Jeffrey Kluger

Scientists Toss 'Big Bounce' Theory

Hawking and his colleagues weren't having it

By Aric Jenkins

A Physicist Used Einstein to Explain Why Santa Makes Total Sense

Christmas is magic and now science proves it

By Melissa Locker

Why It Could Be Your Fault if Your Team Loses the World Series

It ain't superstition, it's physics

By Jeffrey Kluger

Why 'Exotic Matter' Matters—and Won the Nobel Prize in Physics

Strange materials with strange behaviors may transform science and engineering

By Jeffrey Kluger

No, Black Holes Can't 'Burp.' But What They Do Instead Is Important

A new way to study how black holes eat stars

By Jeffrey Kluger

3 New Ways to 'See' Black Holes

New research sheds light on the mysteries of black holes

By Jeffrey Kluger

A Brief History of the Search for Gravitational Waves

A century of searching has finally paid off

By Justin Worland

Scientists Confirm Einstein's Theory of Gravitational Waves

'It's been a very long road but this is just the beginning'

By Justin Worland

How Four New Elements Got Seats at the Periodic Table

Science's basic book of ingredients just got a little bigger

By Jeffrey Kluger

Physicists May Have Found a Cousin to the 'God Particle'

Tests may have uncovered what researchers said Tuesday may be a new fundamental particle of nature similar to the Higgs Boson.

By Justin Worland

Breakthrough Prize Gives $22 Million in Science Awards

The awards are now in their third year

By Nash Jenkins

What Einstein Got Wrong About the Speed of Light

A new study confirms a theory that the great man of physics never much liked

By Jeffrey Kluger
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