A little less than one-third of the universe—around 31 percent—consists of matter. A new calculation confirms…
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NASA is designing a time zone just for the moon
What time is it on the moon? Well, right now, that’s somewhat a matter of interpretation.…
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Cicadas pee in jet streams like bigger animals
Cicadas are known for emerging in the billions. These groups chatter so loudly that fiber optic…
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Aging reactor sets new fusion energy record in last hurrah
After 40 years of major nuclear fusion milestones, the Joint European Torus (JET) facility finally shut…
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A four-legged ‘Robodog’ is patrolling the Large Hadron Collider
Traversing through the dark, underground areas of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland isn’t…
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Why blueberries aren’t technically blue
If you open up a ripe blueberry, the blue skin on its outside does not match…
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How ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ plays with the rules of physics
Video games are back in a big way. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom…
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The world’s largest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor is up and running
Japan and the European Union have officially inaugurated testing at the world’s largest experimental nuclear fusion…
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How a 14-year-old kid became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion
This story from the March 2012 issue of Popular Science covered the nuclear fusion experiments of…
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How physicists built the world’s smallest particle accelerator
If you think of a particle accelerator, what may come to mind is something like CERN’s…
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Gravitational wave detector now squeezes light to find more black holes
Gravitational wave observatories, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), are exercises in extreme sensitivity.…
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Ancient Maya masons had a smart way to make plaster stronger
An ancient Maya city might seem an unlikely place for people to be experimenting with proprietary…
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