Physics, Popular Stories

What does a nuclear detonation look like up close? Just how big are the world's largest ships? Find out this and more in this week's collection of link-y goodness!

It might be tricky but here is Einstein's theory of relativity explained - in brief!

The physics community has long wondered how two particles can communicate with each other at speeds faster than that of light - perhaps this is the answer.

Human beings and everything else in our universe exist because of an excess of matter over antimatter in the early universe. But why was there this excess? Why do we exis

According to quantum mechanics, light has a strange multiple personality disorder: it is both a particle and a wave. How is this possible? Read on to find out!

New research suggests that the tiny proton may actually be smaller than previously thought! Will this discovery usher in the next revolution in physics?

A team at the LHC has been turning the chaos of particle collisions into music, using the sheet music composed by nature itself!

Physicists have discovered that there may be a way to extract energy from the surrounding "nothingness" of space - could this be the answer to Earth's energy crisis?

As gases come close to absolute zero, you can make their atoms freeze - and allow us to measure quantum mechanical fluctuations!

Capturing static electricity in glass: high voltage failure or a work of fine art?

An account of the two fatal incidents caused by what has gone done in history as the infamous 'Demon Core' plutonium core.

We are always hearing that energy generation is a huge problem for the human race - but could the power of the Earth's natural energy be the answer?

There are dangers that confront the Large Hadron Collider but they are not micro black holes. Meet a petulant God, and an aggressive Oyster Catcher.

On March 30, 2010, the Large Hadron Collider recorded an extraordinary event. A proton-proton beam collision experiment achieved energies of 7 TeV, a level believed to ha

For the tiniest quantum of a second, a blindingly bright flash of light almost imperceptibly hits the retina. In the next instant, the the mushroom takes shape

Lighthouses vs. waves looks quite like David vs. Goliath. And if you dare to get your camera out, the resulting images are stunning.

The San Andreas fault forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates - absolutely stunning when seen from above.

Cracks appearing in the ground during major seismic events is picture book stuff, but let's see how they look for real.