Physics

Rosanne Cash, the daughter of Johnny Cash, is not a country and western singer in the tradition of her famous father. She's American music's theoretical physicist of love.

Rosanne Cash and the Many Meanings of Love

One of the most gifted singer-songwriters of our time talks love, science and the deep space between men and women

For Borderlands, out May 29 from Smithsonian Folkways, Wu Man joined forces with seven Uyghur musicians to improvise on their traditional music.

LISTEN NOW: Wu Man Brings East and West Together in New Album

In Borderlands, the Chinese musician highlights the culture of the Uyghur people

Scientists calculated how to make a force field big enough to fit the Millennium Falcon.

May the Fourth Be With You: The Science of the Millennium Falcon

On Star Wars day, we take a look at the science behind the series' most popular spacecraft and the force fields it flies through

Monday's solar eruption at its peak moment

Picture of the Week: A Spectacular Solar Eruption

Earlier this week, a NASA telescope captured one of the most stunning solar flares in years

A growing number of clocks automatically synchronize with a radio signal and don't have to be adjusted for Daylight Saving Time. How do they work?

How Do Some Clocks Set Themselves?

With Daylight Saving Time set to start, take a look inside the radio-controlled clocks that adjust automatically

The microwave field around the objects without (left) and with the cloaking material (right).

Scientists Move Closer to Creating an Invisibility Cloak

As far as the microwaves were concerned, the 7-inch-long tube did not exist -- is true invisibility that far away?

A fruit fly

Anti-Gravity Machine for Levitating Fruit Flies

A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth's gravity and disrupted gene expression during development

Could the Death Star Destroy a Planet?

Students in England concluded that the Star Wars space station could easily have destroyed an Earth-like planet

A great white shark off the coast of South Africa

The Secrets of a Shark Attack

In an attack against a Cape fur seal, a great white shark's advantage comes down to physics

"Somewhere along the way, I came to the startling realization that all those equations actually mean something."

Why I Like Science: School Edition

Science is about unlocking the world around us and laying it out to be admired

Anyone dressing up as a mad scientist today?

Five Last-Minute Science-Themed Halloween Costume Ideas

No one else will be dressed like dark energy

Physicist Lisa Randall believes an extra dimension may exist close to our familiar reality, hidden except for a bizarre sapping of the strength of gravity as we see it.

Opening Strange Portals in Physics

Physicist Lisa Randall explores the mind-stretching realms that new experiments soon may expose

The space shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff.

Quirkiest Space Shuttle Science

As the space shuttle program ends, a salute to some of its most surprising studies

The issue of juiced baseballs surfaces every couple years during the month of April due to a high rate of home runs hit.

The Physics of Cheating in Baseball

Corked bats and juiced balls have long plagued baseball, but do they really help a player’s game? Four scientists found surprising answers

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Watch a Trombone’s Shock Wave

Scientists have generated the first video of a shock wave from a trombone

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The Manga Guide to Relativity

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A Quick Tour Through the Nature of our Universe

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The World's Most Mysterious Manuscript

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Thunderstorms Launch Antimatter Into Space

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The Year in Science: A List of Lists

It's the end of the year, so you know what that means—it's time for the parade of "year in review" articles

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