Reader Request: Nuclear Fission vs. Nuclear Fusion
Ahhh, 2016. A new year, a new claim by North Korea that they’ve successively built and tested a hydrogen bomb (which by the way, may not be true). In light of […]
Tag Archives: Physics
Nobel Prize Recap
Over the past few days, the Nobel Prize committees have announced the 2015 winners for the three science-based Nobel Prizes: Medicine or Physiology, Physics, and Chemistry. So who are these […]
Interstellar Travel
Space is big. I mean, really friggin’ big. Even light, the fastest thing known to humankind, would take years to travel across the Milky Way, let alone travel to another galaxy. […]
5 Things that Happened in Outer Space this Year You Should Know About
1. Curiosity, our rover on Mars, has a boo-boo Our little guy on Mars seems to be experiencing periodic short circuits in the robotic arm that is responsible for hammering. […]
Popcorn Physics
After 2 hours searching through the list of movies on Netflix instant watch, you’ve finally settled on one. You dim the lights, grab the popcorn, and put it in the […]
