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Physics

Red means higher than average anomalies, and blue means lower than average ones.

Uneven Gravity Makes You Weigh More in Illinois Than in Indiana

A number of factors cause you to be lighter or heavier in different parts of the world.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think September 22, 2023

Potsdam, Germany

Michelson Interferometer

The site of the original experiment that would be used to disprove the theory of luminiferous ether.

The life-size cat figure at Huttenstrasse 9 (June 2014).

Zurich, Switzerland

Schrödinger's Cat

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Chemist and physicist Marie Curie works in the lab with her husband Pierre in 1896. Curie would go on to win two Nobel prizes for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity.

Marie Curie As You’ve Never Met Her Before

The world’s first two-time Nobel Laureate was a nerd’s nerd who broke the law for knowledge.

Sarah Durn April 20, 2023

For years, scientists couldn't figure out the mechanism behind these mysterious polygons, seen here at the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.

The Mystery Beneath the 'Honeycomb' Patterns of Salt Deserts

After years of hypotheses that came up short, a physicist has finally found a solution.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 9, 2023

The Large Wave Flume at Oregon's O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory hosts an experiment in innovative coastal protection.

The Oregon Lab Where Scientists Are Riding the Waves to a Brighter Future

At the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Lab in Corvallis, massive simulators allow researchers to test innovative ideas about sustainable energy, saving coastlines, and more.

Annalee Newitz February 3, 2023

The Milky Way and curtain-like auroras fill a clear southern sky off Nugget Point, at the edge of New Zealand’s remote Catlins. While the island nation is too far north to see the aurora australis regularly, aurora-hunters flock to the Nugget Point lighthouse area for its dark skies and unobstructed view off the South Island’s southeastern coast.

Aurora Hunters Capture the Wonder of the Northern (and Southern) Lights

A curated collection of images shows why this natural phenomenon has fascinated and inspired humans for millennia.

Gemma Tarlach December 21, 2022

Niels Bohr's Grave

Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Bohr's Grave

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

Ørsted's House

Copenhagen, Denmark

Ørsted's House

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Heisenberg's Bathtub

Did he come up with a theory of cosmic-ray showers while sitting in this bath?

Gömböc statue

Budapest, Hungary

Gömböc

The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

Tube worms crowd around the Matterhorn, a hydrothermal vent in the Gulf of California, photographed by ROV <em>SuBastian</em> during a recent expedition that included artist-at-sea Ale de la Puente.

A Deep Dive Into the Intersection of Art and Science With an Artist-at-Sea

Ale de la Puente collaborates with researchers to explore new ways of understanding our universe.

Gemma Tarlach December 3, 2021

Remains of the atom smasher.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

A springy bamboo pole helps a villager lighten his load.

How Bamboo Sticks Help Vietnamese Villagers Shoulder Mighty Loads

It's a matter of simple physics.

Isaac Schultz January 31, 2020

Castillo de San Marcos from above.

The Mystery of Florida's Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort

The secret is inside the walls themselves.

Lina Zeldovich July 4, 2019

Asa Jackson’s Perpetual Motion Machine

Clinton, Tennessee

Asa Jackson’s Perpetual Motion Machine

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

Front of the observatory.

Bronx, New York

William Spain Seismic Observatory

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

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A 30-Acre Garden Inspired by the Principles of Modern Physics