Tennis Balls Could Protect Buildings from Earthquakes Scientists used recycled tennis balls to use the physics of rolling to create a simpler, lower-cost alternative to protect buildings from earthquakes.
Scientists Thought a Goldfish to Drive a Car A supremely weird new study video shows a goldfish driving a water-filled, motorized "car" from one end of a room to another.
Ten Of the Best Books About Physics to Understand Our Universe Books are the best tools to learn physics. Here is a list of the ten best books about physics to understand our universe.
This Is the Exact Amount of Coffee You Should Drink, According to a Harvard Brain Expert Scientists agree that drinking coffee is good for you. That's good news if, like most Americans, you enjoy coffee.
The Interesting Physics Behind Tennis Newton's three Laws of Tennis control the behavior of racquets and balls in most cases. Howard Brody explains the physics behind tennis.
The Science of Mind Reading Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of human thoughts—and learning how to read them.
Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science? At the Solvay Conference on Physics in 1927, the only woman in attendance was Marie Curie. Still there are few women in science.
A Meeting with Enrico Fermi In this beautiful article, math genius Freeman Dyson explains how meeting with Enrico Fermi became a big turning point for him.
The Harvard Library That Protects The World’s Rarest Colors Today, every color imaginable is at your fingertips. You can peruse paint swatches at hardware stores, flip through Pantone books.
What Is the Sun Made Of and When Will It Die? Like any star in its prime, the sun consists mainly of hydrogen atoms fusing two by two into helium, unleashing immense energy in the process.