Discover how a tool similar to NEXRAD weather tracker called BirdCast tracked this massive migration of 1.2 billion birds.

Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological model. Before anyone starts dusting off their ...

Researchers built a silver-grooved chip that channels laser energy into nanometer-spaced peaks, beating the diffraction limit and aiding light-matter studies.

"Young Sheldon" chronicles the young life of Sheldon Cooper, the star character of "The Big Bang Theory." But that chronicle ...

This paper describes the eccentricity, amplitude, phase shift, angular momentum, polarization, radial path, and orbital ...

How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the ...

Quantum entanglement is one seriously long-distance relationship. Quantum entanglement occurs when two subatomic particles become linked in such a way that their properties remain connected, no matter ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Probably the biggest decision when buying a new TV is what screen size to go for. This shouldn't only be influenced by the size of your TV cabinet, but the size of your room, too – if you end up ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

The map below shows the location of China and Shanghai. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...