If photons are point particles, how does the mesh on your microwave oven prevent microwaves from reaching you?
Over the Rainbow
The large hadron collider will not disprove the big bang, even if it does happen to discover rainbow gravity.
The Pendulum of Truth
The Allais effect is an anomalous result seen in pendulums during a total eclipse. Whether it’s real or due to careless experiments is still debated.
You’ve Doomed Us All!
As the LHC begins running at its highest energy yet, do we need to worry that it will unleash something dangerous like black holes? Not in the slightest.
Nothing But Net
The Casimir effect has been used to justify everything from free energy to warp drive. In fact, it’s actually just a cool demonstration of quantum physics.
We’ll Eat Like Kings
A new paper proposes an experiment to detect gravitons using the Casimir effect. It’s an interesting idea, but don’t count on its success.
Light of Other Days
The weak force is what causes radioactive decay. It’s also what has made life on Earth possible.
Forge of Heaven
The strong force is a complex interaction that holds nuclei of atoms together. It is also the force that lets stars create the elements we see around us.
Dance of the Hag
Electromagnetism can produce a force between charges or magnets, but it is much more than a simple force.