Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

How can we forget him! The physics professor at Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach went viral a few months ago for his wild classroom experiments. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has forced ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In Dr. David Wright's physics class at Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, every day brings a new surprise. “Physics is fun,” said the energetic professor. “I want ...

College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...

Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...

A new class is coming to the UA next semester that will move scientists from the laboratory into the kitchen. Srinivas Manne, an associate professor of physics, will teach the new course, titled The ...

Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources. What do you do with 800 square feet of scintillator from an old physics experiment? Cut it up and give it to high ...

It was a day of ingenious contraptions, craned necks, hard thuds and thick splats as several dozen students from Pocatello High School recently participated in the annual Egg Drop. Students in Kandi ...

It’s no secret that the average smart phone today packs an abundance of gadgets fitting in your pocket, which could have easily filled a car trunk a few decades ago. We like to think about video ...

Diana Parno’s head swam when she first stepped inside the enormous, metallic vessel of the experiment KATRIN. Within the house-sized, oblong structure, everything was symmetrical, clean and blindingly ...

AMES, Iowa – Eli Rosenberg is back in his Iowa State University office, papers and books spread across his desk, an inbox full of requests for assistance, stories and photos from four years of ...