Science Illustrated

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The phenomenon of electromagnetism was named only 200 years ago. Its discovery and subsequent scientific application have shaped the world as we know it today, and will continue to shape the future, with physicists now aiming to harness the force to

Nautilus

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Have you ever been happy?” My girlfriend asked me that question, after work over drinks at some shiny Manhattan bar, after another stressful day on the trading floor. How to answer that? I knew she was talking about work, but how unhappy did she thin

American Craft

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FOR SARA THOMPSON, SILVER is the “Goldilocks metal.” “I’ve worked in copper, brass, nickel, steel,” says the 22-year-old metalsmith, who is quickly becoming known not only for her jewelry, but also for her science- and math-informed vessels. “I’ve wo

Nautilus

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Scientists look around the universe and see amazing structure. There are objects and processes of fantastic complexity. Every action in our universe follows exact laws of nature that are perfectly expressed in a mathematical language. These laws of n

Nautilus

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Reprinted with permission from Quanta Abstractions In an interview with Quanta Magazine last fall, the eminent theoretical physicist Helen Quinn recalled her uncertainty, as a Stanford University undergraduate in the 1960s, about whether to pursue a

Nautilus

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Scientists look around the universe and see amazing structure. There are objects and processes of fantastic complexity. Every action in our universe follows exact laws of nature that are perfectly expressed in a mathematical language. These laws of n

All About Space

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Welcome to 60 Second Science. This fact-packed guide introduces fundamental principles in physics, biology and chemistry with clear, concise explanations, infographics and illustrations. From the Big Bang to quantum mechanics and from fossils to Wi-F

Quanta

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Top women in mathematics and physics discuss how they got to where they are — and why there aren’t more of them.

The Atlantic

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On the big questions science cannot (yet?) answer, a new crop of philosophers are trying to provide answers.

You South Africa

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To sustain means to support something, or to keep it going. If you’re hungry, you eat food to sustain your energy. Structures, beams and poles help to sustain or support a roof. If you sustain a conversation, you keep it going over a period of time.

Saturday Star

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A GRADE 12 pupil has created his own “calculator” app that solves intricate maths problems. Milnerton High School pupil Raphael de Sousa started the project during lockdown. “I felt like I spent a large amount of time checking answers once I’ve done

Popular Science

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A watercolor depiction of an electrophoresis gel. sandraculliton There's a ton of nerdy artwork out there, but far too much of it is—we'll say it—ugly. Which is a shame because science is beautiful. These prints highlight that beauty while also allow

Popular Science

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Seeds, adventures, medicine, and more. A few books to look forward to in March. Deposit Photos There’s a chill in the air, storms on the horizon, and shoots of green emerging from the still frigid soil. Must be March. As you await the emergence of sp

Futurity

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Light-activated cancer drugs that don’t cause the toxic side effects of current chemotherapy treatments are closer to becoming a reality, a new study suggests. Researchers say they now know more about how a pioneering platinum-based chemotherapy drug

Apple Magazine

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Over the past five decades, standard computer processors have gotten increasingly faster. In recent years, however, the limits to that technology have become clear: Chip components can only get so small, and be packed only so closely together, before

Cosmos Magazine

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Quantum physicist Richard Feynman once called turbulence “the most important unsolved problem of classical physics”. Now, in a study published in Nature Astronomy, Australian and German scientists have used the computing power of the Leibniz Supercom

Viz Magazine

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AN AUSTRALIAN tourist holidaying in the UK was left shocked and disorientated after glancing at his watch and seeing the hands moving in a different direction to the way they did back home. Holidaying sheep-shearer Mick Aberdeen noticed the strange p

Nautilus

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Many scientists love to sing the praises of their own specialties, but few proclaim them with the confidence of Andrew Dobson, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University and the director of the University’s Andrew Dobson

Futurity

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A new remote sensing method for studying the mineral olivine could help scientists understand the early evolution of the moon, Mars, and other planetary bodies. “Olivine is understood to be a major component in the interiors of rocky planets,” says C

Futurity

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New research explains why soft objects are less likely to clog a drain or get stuck while passing through an opening. “It’s new physics and yet it’s so simple…” For decades, scientists have studied how groups of solid objects—everything from falling

Futurity

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How best to study the universe’s matter and energy? That question has long divided the world’s physicists. Theoretical physicists devise mathematical models to explain the complex interactions between matter and energy, while experimental physicists

Futurity

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Home run rates in Major League Baseball have increased steadily since 2015. In 2017, the rate was 35 percent greater than it was before the All-Star Game in 2015. To understand the reason behind this sudden surge, the organization convened a committe

Cycle World

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The artist, scientist, and engineer influence one another because they share the same world. Physicists of 1900 were nervous because theory and experiment could not in important respects be reconciled without making upsetting assumptions. Albert Eins

PC Gamer

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Moves the action to a flaming spaceship in the midst of battle. Thankfully, the fire extinguishers work exactly as you expect. Introduces a key innovation: physics. Carrying a couch means not only wrestling with a co-op partner, but Newtonian mechan

Futurity

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Scientists have spotted a theorized—but never-before detected—property of quantum matter in the lab. The team proved that a particular quantum material can demonstrate electrical dipole fluctuations—irregular oscillations of tiny charged poles on the

Post Magazine

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In the southeastern Chinese city of Hefei, a team of researchers led by physicist Pan Jianwei has built a new device with potential use in a battlefield. Pan's device is the most sensitive light source on Earth. It can produce a single photon, or a p

Science Illustrated

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A spittlebug’s jumping power allows it to jump 116 times its body length, experiencing a force of 400G in the process. Jet pilots pass out when they experience 7G. Well-equipped hind legs allow the spittlebug to jump with 408 times more force than gr

Futurity

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A new paper makes the case that photoluminescence, rather than Raman scattering, gives gold nanoparticles their remarkable light-emitting properties. The researchers say understanding how and why nanoparticles emit light is important for improving so

Nautilus

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In physics, we like theories that are simple and broad-ranging. By “simple,” physicists usually mean a mathematical theory that rests on as few postulates as possible; by “broad-ranging,” we mean theories that can describe a wide class of phenomena,

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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Moves the action to a flaming spaceship in the midst of battle. Thankfully, the fire extinguishers work exactly as you expect. Introduces a key innovation: Physics. Carrying a couch means not only wrestling with a co-op partner, but Newtonian mechani