After a surprise discovery, astrophysicists are racing to understand superenergetic flashes of radio waves that sometimes beep out from distant galaxies. The post Inside the Hunt for the Source of a Mysterious Cosmic Burst appeared first on WIRED.… Read the rest
A classic physics experiment features a moving cart firing a ball into the air. What happens if you place the cart on an incline? The post The Wacky Physics of Firing a Ball Out of a Moving Cart appeared first on WIRED.… Read the rest
Yo-yos, glass orbs, and underwater robots on a physicist’s budget. The post At the Bottom of the Sea, Glass Spheres Prepare to Hunt for Mysterious Neutrinos appeared first on WIRED.… Read the rest
You can use Legos, pennies, beans—whatever, really—and a six-sided die to model radioactivity. Why? Because physics is fun. The post Let’s Model Radioactive Decay to Show How Carbon Dating Works appeared first on WIRED.… Read the rest