PHYSICS

They're doing exactly what they're supposed to do.

A new study finds that lampreys and jellyfish create suction that propels them forward in the water.

The two recipients' discoveries prove that neutrinos can change identities—and have mass.

Kids’ TV show Pitagora Suitchi makes science fun.

Non-physicists, including artists, look at Schrodinger's Cat without the quantum mechanics. In other words, in a way we can understand.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of a scientific breakthrough that fundamentally changed our world.

If you’ve ever shakily stepped onto the ice at your local skating rink, you are intimately familiar with the fear of falling on slippery ice. But what makes ice so slippery in the first place? Interestingly enough, scientists are still trying to figure th

Toilet image via Shutterstock File under "News to Me": you know that old story about how northern hemisphere toilets flush counter-clockwise, and southern hemisphere toilets (and buckets, drains, and such) flush clockwise, due to the Coriolis effect? I

Reader Brian writes in to ask "Why can you stay on a bicycle when moving, but not when it's standing still?"

Let's say you're a human with a big radio transmitter, who wants to send a message to the putative aliens out there light-years away, listening by their radio receivers. What would your message say? How would you format it, since you don't have any conc

UPDATE: Well, that'll teach me to blog about physics I don't fully understand! I have researched the issue and edited the post below, now that I understand the explanation from The Straight Dope. Last night the Discovery show Mythbusters settled a longs