With school students in England bracing themselves for new-style GCSE science exams that are based entirely on written tests, Physics World has teamed up with Neil Downie to put together "five amazing ...

This is the second in a series of “five amazing physics demonstrations” presented by science-demo guru Neil Downie. In addition to his day job in industrial science, Downie has run Saturday science ...

Tesla coils, superconductors, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about physics. Here are some of our favorites. 10. Musical Tesla Coil Steve Ward can tune his Tesla coil so ...

This video is the first in a series of “five amazing physics demonstrations” presented by demo aficionado Neil Downie. In addition to his day job in industrial science, Downie has run Saturday science ...

It’s pretty much a first world rite of passage for young children to make concoctions with beads. However, what most children (and adults, for that matter) don’t realize is just how much beautiful ...

There’s a lot of discussion about “time” in the world of quantum physics. At the micro level, where waves and particles can behave the same, time tends to be much more malleable than it is in our ...

(via SciShow) Researchers were inspired by a certain purple villain to study the physics of finger snapping, and they found that the mundane hand motion is actually quite an impressive feat.

The Standard Model. What a dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings. More than a quarter of the Nobel Prizes in physics of the last century are direct inputs to or ...

WIRED is obsessed with what comes next. Through rigorous investigations and game-changing reporting, we tell stories that don’t just reflect the moment—they help create it. When you look back in 10, ...

One of the dumber assertions that always turns up in arguments about the sciences versus "the humanities"-- the Two Cultures of C.P. Snow's famous lecture-- is that the clinical approach inherent to ...