Physics

Picture Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airships. Steam-powered robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in top […]

Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer, and he’s been fascinated by them since he was

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people

As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have nabbed the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. The prize

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted

To fuel the insatiable energy appetite of artificial intelligence, tech companies are going big on small nuclear reactors.  Last week,

The texture of mayonnaise inspires love and hate. Either way, it’s perfect for physics experiments. The classic seasoning is useful

Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get

An asteroid heading toward Earth can be deflected without ever touching a spacecraft. The trick is to use X-rays to

Stitching is getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment with mice, a new strong and flexible thread accelerated wound healing