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Physics and Math
Dot Physics
What Is Entropy, Really?
Never mind the “heat death of the universe.” Entropy is just a bridge between two levels of reality.
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
Drive Slower, Save Money on Gas. Thanks, Physics!
Rhett Allain
Geology
Venezuela’s Powerful Earthquakes Were a Rare ‘Seismic Doublet’
Fernanda González
Dot Physics
How Can Soccer Players Bend Their Shots in Midair?
Rhett Allain
Smooth Sailing
A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned
Ritsuko Kawai
Dot Physics
All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
Rhett Allain
Round and Round
The ‘Lonely Runner’ Problem Only Appears Simple
Paulina Rowińska
Dot Physics
How Can Astronauts Tell How Fast They’re Going?
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power
Rhett Allain
Just Desserts
A Quantum Leap for the Turing Award
Steven Levy
Dot Physics
You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
How Can a Locomotive Pull a Long Train That’s Much Heavier?
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
Rhett Allain
Hidden Forces
Two Titanic Structures Hidden Deep Within the Earth Have Altered the Magnetic Field for Millions of Years
Jorge Garay
Dot Physics
How to Use Physics to Escape an Ice Bowl
Rhett Allain
Dot Physics
How Does the Hive Mind Work in
Pluribus
?
Rhett Allain
Set Theory
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
Joseph Howlett
Shaping Up
Behold the Manifold, the Concept that Changed How Mathematicians View Space
Paulina Rowińska
Dot Physics
Could You Use a Rowboat to Walk on the Seafloor Like Jack Sparrow?
Rhett Allain
Algorithms
Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize
Steve Nadis
Dot Physics
How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems?
Rhett Allain
