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Every time we do a load of laundry, tiny fibers of polyester escape from our clothes and slip down the drain. These ...

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When high-voltage electricity breaks out in open air, it rips through the atmosphere, forming chaotic, branching fingers of electric plasma. These electrical arcs are difficult to control. They branch ...

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A radical idea that resolves many quantum paradoxes suggests there is no objective view of reality. How can the cosmos be stitched together from interlocking perspectives?

An introduction to how Maxwell’s equations lead to electromagnetic plane waves. This lesson explains the physics behind wave ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

Black hole GW190412 has been caught speeding away from its birth site at about 112,000 miles per hour (180,000 kilometers per ...

In this lesson, we introduce the one dimensional wave equation and explore how it appears in electrodynamics. This video explains the basic concepts, physical meaning, and mathematical form of the ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows ...