A common height that seems normal in our human-scale world. Yet, when we compare it to the smallest and largest conceivable ...

I’d like to invite you to an even higher level of nerdom! Every good nerd knows that E=mc^2. Every great nerd knows that, really, E^2=m^2c^4+p^2c^2 Want to know what that even means? Sure, I’ll tell ...

Distance scales from the Planck length to a 93-billion-light-year observable universe expose extreme limits of physics and hint at unknown phenomena where current laws break down.

The smallest time interval ever defined. Named after theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858-1947), Planck time is 10-43 seconds; however, the only measurement ever actually made was more than twice as ...

Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. Planck was an extremely successful ...

The awards for physics and chemistry were a reminder that the most important processes in nature unfold on a scale divorced from everyday human affairs. By Dennis Overbye “There’s plenty of space at ...