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August 12, 2016

The Perfection of the Continuity Equation, Key to the Foundations of Reality

Physicists want equations that connect behaviors directly to the foundations of reality. With the continuity equation, they actually pull it off. The post The Perfection of the Continuity Equation, Key to the Foundations of Reality appeared first on WIRED.

August 10, 2016

How That Chucklehead Climbed Trump Tower Without Splattering

They are calling him the human fly. He uses suction cups to climb walls. But what about the physics? The post How That Chucklehead Climbed Trump Tower Without Splattering appeared first on WIRED.

August 10, 2016

Drink Juice Like an Astronaut With the Magic of Reverse Spherification

Reverse spherification ramps up the surface tension of a droplet, making it so stable that it stays together even if it’s pushed around a bit. The post Drink Juice Like an Astronaut With the Magic of Reverse Spherification appeared first on WIRED.

August 5, 2016

The Rogue Blogger Who Keeps Spoiling Physics’ Biggest News

Adam Falkowski keeps jumping the gun on the biggest announcements in physics. And he's doing it for a reason. The post The Rogue Blogger Who Keeps Spoiling Physics' Biggest News appeared first on WIRED.

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.