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August 5, 2016

Sorry, Folks. The LHC Didn’t Find a New Particle After All

Physicists keeping on trying to prove the Standard Model wrong, and they keep failing. The post Sorry, Folks. The LHC Didn't Find a New Particle After All appeared first on WIRED.

August 2, 2016

The Physics Behind a Madman’s Parachute-Free Skydive Into a Giant Net

In this stunt, Luke Aikins jumps from a plane and lands in a net without using a parachute. Here are some physics questions and answers. The post The Physics Behind a Madman’s Parachute-Free Skydive Into a Giant Net appeared first on WIRED.

July 31, 2016

New Neutrino Anomaly Hints at a Matter-Antimatter Rift

An early sign that neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos suggests an answer to one of the biggest questions in physics. The post New Neutrino Anomaly Hints at a Matter-Antimatter Rift appeared first on WIRED.

July 23, 2016

Mining Black Hole Collisions for Hints of the Elusive Axion

The physicist Asimina Arvanitaki is thinking up ways to search gravitational wave data for evidence of dark matter particles orbiting black holes. The post Mining Black Hole Collisions for Hints of the Elusive Axion appeared first on WIRED.

July 19, 2016

No, the Death Star Isn’t Impossibly Big in the Rogue One Poster. We Did the Math

People are complaining about the size of the Death Star in the Rogue One poster. Here's how you could actually make that picture. The post No, the Death Star Isn’t Impossibly Big in the Rogue One Poster. We Did the Math appeared first on WIRED.

July 18, 2016

Everything Is a Harmonic Oscillator

Physics undergrads might joke that the universe is made of harmonic oscillators, but they're not far off. The post Everything Is a Harmonic Oscillator appeared first on WIRED.

July 15, 2016

Nature’s Hidden Order Reveals Itself in a Bird’s Eye

Scientists are exploring a mysterious pattern, found in birds’ eyes, boxes of marbles and other surprising places, that is neither regular nor random. The post Nature’s Hidden Order Reveals Itself in a Bird's Eye appeared first on WIRED.

July 8, 2016

How Richard Feynman’s Famous Diagrams Almost Saved Space

Richard Feynman's famous diagrams embody a deep shift in thinking about how the universe is put together. The post How Richard Feynman’s Famous Diagrams Almost Saved Space appeared first on WIRED.

July 7, 2016

Physics Says The BFG Shouldn’t Just Look Like a Giant Human

In the movie The BFG, a giant looks like a human but just bigger. But big things are not the same as small things. The post Physics Says The BFG Shouldn't Just Look Like a Giant Human appeared first on WIRED.

June 24, 2016

The Physicist Who Might Have Discovered a New Building Block of Matter

Suchitra Sebastian on the potential discovery of a new building block of matter, better ways to find superconductors, and her circuitous path to becoming a world-class physicist. The post The Physicist Who Might Have Discovered a New Building Block of Matter appeared first on WIRED.