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Gömböc statue

Budapest, Hungary

Gömböc

The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

Tube worms crowd around the Matterhorn, a hydrothermal vent in the Gulf of California, photographed by ROV <em>SuBastian</em> during a recent expedition that included artist-at-sea Ale de la Puente.

A Deep Dive Into the Intersection of Art and Science With an Artist-at-Sea

Ale de la Puente collaborates with researchers to explore new ways of understanding our universe.

Gemma Tarlach December 3, 2021

Remains of the atom smasher.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

A springy bamboo pole helps a villager lighten his load.

How Bamboo Sticks Help Vietnamese Villagers Shoulder Mighty Loads

It's a matter of simple physics.

Isaac Schultz January 31, 2020

Castillo de San Marcos from above.

The Mystery of Florida's Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort

The secret is inside the walls themselves.

Lina Zeldovich July 4, 2019

Clinton, Tennessee

Asa Jackson’s Perpetual Motion Machine

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

Front of the observatory.

Bronx, New York

William Spain Seismic Observatory

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

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A 30-Acre Garden Inspired by the Principles of Modern Physics

Another angle of a STEVE's mauve glow.

Scientists Demystify the Celestial Phenomenon Known as STEVE

It's way cooler than an aurora.

Sabrina Imbler April 30, 2019

A sunset in Tuscon, Arizona.

Why Desert Sunsets Are Incredibly Colorful

Turns out, dry, clean air is the secret to a vivid landscape.

Evan Nicole Brown April 23, 2019

Mt. Spurr, near Anchorage, Alaska: not the desert.

optical illusions

The Most Interesting, Spectacular Mirages Aren’t in the Desert

Spoiler alert: Try the Arctic or Sicily instead.

Sabrina Imbler April 22, 2019

Felicia on the job.

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator

Felicia had a job to do.

Jen Pinkowski April 2, 2019

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

Nottingham, England

Green's Mill

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

Old and new signatures.

Leiden, Netherlands

Ehrenfest's Signature Wall

For over 100 years the most important physicists in the world have autographed this university wall.

The plaque, hidden behind chairs.

Leiden, Netherlands

Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory Plaque

A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.

We'll get to this party one day. Maybe.

Why We Will Not Have Been Able to Attend Stephen Hawking's Time Traveler Party

At least, not in this universe.

Samir S. Patel December 24, 2018

Pee-Pee Boy

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.