January 13, 2015 How physicists fill out their college hoops brackets Like many sports fans across the country, physicists at the University of Maryland are filling out their brackets in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. But their method relies on quantum physics.
January 13, 2015 Coincidence? The 9 craziest cases of simultaneous invention Throughout history, major scientific breakthroughs and notable inventions have occurred simultaneously and independently among different thinkers and inventors, who, more often than not, had no direct contact with each other. The phenomenon is known as "multiple discovery." The only problem? Who gets credit? In the case of "the first flight," the argument continues.
January 13, 2015 Inside the world's most powerful laser The National Ignition Facility (NIF) -- a laser test facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. -- is the world's most powerful laser. Though it faces fiscal challenges, NIF is still capable of unleashing a blast with 500 trillion watts of power. Put that another way: Five hundred terawatts is 1,000 times more power than the United States uses at any instant in time.
January 13, 2015 Science predicts the far, far future: What does tomorrow hold? No one cannot predict the future. Unless you're an astrophysicist that is. Given our knowledge of mathematics, particle physics, geology and planetary science, leading minds can paint broad strokes. Will we (humans) survive? And what will happen to the universe?
