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How do 'moving rulers shrink'? The strange physics behind special relativity
SPACE.com· 5 days agoSpecial relativity is beyond weird. Among its many statements are that moving clocks run slow and...
From burns to the wave nature of heat—via the telegraph equation
Phys.org· 1 day agoOr are wave phenomena similar to those known from acoustics responsible for heat transport? A group...
What’s Up With These Crazy Northern Lights?
Wired News· 19 hours agoThe cause of this light show was an especially strong blast of solar wind—electrically charged particles shot out from the sun at incredible speeds. Not...
What Is Matter? Matter vs. Mass, Explained
ExtremeTech· 5 days agoMass is an intrinsic property whose base SI unit is the kilogram (kg). Volume is an extrinsic property—that is, a property or characteristic that depends on sample size—which describes a region ...
The New Mad Max Offers a Cure for Prequelitis
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 days agoI found myself wishing it had taken advantage of its longer running time to flesh out characters and relationships—for example, the implied but barely...
Researchers use 'smart' rubber structures to carry out computational tasks
Tech Xplore· 3 days agoA research team led by Martin van Hecke from Leiden University and AMOLF has now demonstrated how smart rubber structures can carry out such computational tasks. The study was published in the ...
Wētā FX Fashions Creatures Great and Small for ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
Animation World Network· 4 days agoFor a couple of behemoths who first saw the light of day in 1933 and 1954, respectively, (King) Kong...
Scientists Are on the Cusp of Unlocking the Mysteries of Dark Matter—Possibly the Most Powerful...
Popular Mechanics· 4 days agoHere, day and night become meaningless, and the only signs of life are the scientists, themselves,...
Forecasting the Future of the Arctic | Newswise
Newswise· 3 days agoWhen the Danish bulk carrier Nordic Orion set sail on Sept. 17, 2013, from Vancouver, British Columbia, on a journey to Finland, it set a course for a groundbreaking journey. Rather than turn ...
