Santa Cruz is where California decided to let its freak flag fly, and honestly, we’re all better for it. This coastal gem about 75 miles south of San Francisco has been marching to the beat of its own ...

A new study published in Nature Astronomy indicates that the dense, star- and dark-matter–rich environments around supermassive black hole binaries pack on the order of a million solar masses into ...

When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off ripples, in the form of gravitational waves ...

Master the right-hand rule in physics with this easy-to-follow tutorial! In this video, we explain how to use the right-hand rule correctly to determine directions of magnetic fields, currents, and ...

Converting wave motion into electricity holds enormous potential as a renewable energy source, but a lack of standardized prototyping is holding back technological development. A research team led by ...

Boost your GRE Physics prep by mastering the concept of electric displacement current. In this video, we break down this essential topic in electromagnetism, explaining its role in Maxwell’s equations ...

The results reveal that our universe is reverberating with cosmic collisions. Some of the waves stem from pairs of black ...

Researchers at Santa Clara University have developed a comprehensive mathematical framework to rigorously analyze and predict the behavior of terahertz (THz) radiation pulses when transported over ...

Watching a ski jumper fly through the air might get you wondering, "How do they do that?" The answer is: physics! That's why this episode, we have two physicists – Amy Pope, a physicist from Clemson ...

This study will update and extend How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (2000) by examining the research that has emerged across various disciplines that focus on the study of learning ...

An experiment with rats under anesthesia showed researchers that tiny structures your brain are responsible for the experience of consciousness. This is a major step toward verifying a theory that our ...