In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...
When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...
The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving ...
Have you ever made a wisecrack about something terrible that just happened, and been greeted with dead silence instead of a laugh? Not a great feeling. It's tricky knowing what you're allowed to joke ...