Category : Science / Physics and Math

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Science / Physics and Math

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The Physics of the Northern Lights

The aurora borealis is usually seen near the Arctic, but...

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The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt

For years, plastic surgeons thought the proportions of a beautiful...

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The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously...

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Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is...

Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’ thumbnail

Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’

“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the...

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures thumbnail

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician...

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up thumbnail

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down

Driving a spacecraft around a planet isn’t anything like driving...

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths thumbnail

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the...

The Mystery of How Quasicrystals Form

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how...

5 More Physics Equations Everyone Should Know thumbnail

5 More Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

These five equations should be part of your mental toolkit....