Physics 

In 2020, a research team from China‘s National Space Administration discovered a new mineral within some lunar samples that they believed had the capability to become an energy source for nuclear fusion. ...Continue Reading

Have you ever placed a coiled chain in a cup, held it about half a metre above the ground, and then pulled one end towards you? If not (and the answer is probably not), then I recommend it. What happens next is, to a person who isn’t well versed in Newtonian physics, somewhat magical. ...Continue Reading

“There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.” proposed by Pythagoras revealed hidden parallels between spacetime and music and unfolded a new area of research in Cosmology. ...Continue Reading

The magic wheel of mediaeval Bavaria was a wagon wheel that convinced the population of the Dark ages of the powers of magic by continuing to spin for an incredibly long time after being started. In reality, this ‘magic’ was simply several lodestones attached to the wheel’s outside rim with one stationary magnet attached to the base. The Bavarian magic wheel was one of the very first of many attempts at building a perpetual motion machine. ...Continue Reading

Everything is made of tiny vibrating strings. According to string theory, at least. By attempting to explain the origin of both matter and forces, string theory is a theory of everything which stitches together the clumsy patchwork of the standard model and resolves the disastrous clash between the two pillars of modern physics: quantum physics (that of the very small) and general relativity (that of the very large). ...Continue Reading