Physical Sciences

Today In 1975, Viking 1 Was Launched To Mars From...Well, It Depends. Here's A Tortured History Of Florida Space Coast Names

U.S. unmanned lunar landing, and then the first three-man U.S. spacecraft. They were all launched from ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 20 2019 - 12:17pm

How To Define Systems That Defy Newton's 3rd Law

the heart of all phase transitions. Liquids and gases are symmetrical. If you were to view them ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Nov 15 2021 - 11:32pm

How Idealizations Make Physics Simple

and collimated. While most of the light coming from a red laser is red, not all of it is, but enough ...

Blog Post - Mark Pierce - Jan 3 2022 - 12:11pm

Veritasium Is Still Wrong About How Electricity Actually Works, By His Own Standards, And Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics.

field theory.  Quantum field theory is tied with General Relativity for the best tested theory in all of ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 2 2022 - 1:02pm

Summer = Work

First of all because I computed all derivatives of the relevant functions by hand- and there are ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 21 2023 - 7:02am

World Did NOT End On 29th July! AWFUL "Silly Season" Story- Journalists Please Be More Responsible

vulnerable people who take it all seriously, especially if it is published online, and especially if ...

Article - Robert Walker - Oct 28 2016 - 2:59pm

Einstein On Steroids: Dirac, The Higgs, And Speeding Neutrinos

Field Theory (QFT)! That's all fine, but how do massive particles, particles that travel at speeds ...

Article - Johannes Koelman - Oct 23 2011 - 11:19pm

Human Spaceflight At "Coastline Hugging Phase"- Lunar Villages Not Interplanetary Voyages- Op. Ed.

required to keep spacecraft attached to the ISS at all times, with enough seats to return everyone back to ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jun 10 2015 - 8:42pm

Modeling Issues Or New Physics? Surprises From Top Quark Kinematics Study

simulation did not know about. That is the spark that lights up all warning lights and alarm bells: ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 10 2018 - 6:18am

1.26 Kilometer Diameter Asteriod 2010 GD37 Will NOT Hit In December 2019- REMOVED From Risk Table, NASA Did Not Issue Warning

harder to see fainter objects. It is Torino level 0, and it needs to be 5 to be of public concern at all ...

Article - Robert Walker - Oct 28 2019 - 5:37pm