The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

physics

American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history

By kuky at Fri, 07/04/2025 - 12:15pm

Throughout the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st centuries, the US became a world leader in science, technology, healthcare, and education by investing in scientific research. In 2025, that is rapidly changing, as unprecedented federal cuts, the defunding and closing of many institutions, and devastatingly reduced budgets present an extinction-level event for American science.

Supercharged Large Hadron Collider Tackles Universe's Big Questions

By kuky at Fri, 06/05/2015 - 8:12am

Ramped up in power after a two-year upgrade, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator is once again doing science. Following its official restart on June 3, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Europe’s particle-physics lab near Geneva, Switzerland, can smash protons together faster and with higher energies than during its first run, which ended in February 2013. Our graphical guide illuminates the discoveries that could lie ahead in the next run of the LHC.

 

Belting Out A Physics Lesson

By JohnMiksits at Fri, 05/22/2009 - 5:14pm

I heard a story about someone breaking a wine glass with his voice, not the typical opera singer story. Check out the video.

Scientists receive death threats over Large Hadron Collider

By kuky at Mon, 09/08/2008 - 9:24am

Monday, 8 September 2008