For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical ...

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

Physics can feel inscrutable to students; this lesson helps them understand a graphing problem by analyzing their own ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...

Researchers have discovered quantum oscillations inside an insulating material, overturning long-held assumptions. Their work at the National Magnetic Field Laboratory suggests that the effect ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

A rediscovered formula is changing how we understand the hidden journeys of airborne particles. Researchers at the University of Warwick have created a straightforward new way to predict how ...

A single equation found on a Babylonian clay tablet, written nearly four millennia ago, reveals a mathematical insight eerily similar to theories used in modern cosmology. Reform’s poll lead ...

Belly fat could be a sign that your health is at risk, with Type-2 diabetes and heart disease among the associated dangers. I carried out an experiment with the Trust Me, I’m a Doctor team and a group ...