Physics Facts

48 facts, from the everyday to the astonishing.

There are two main ways to make light. In incandescence , something is heated until it glows, like the filament of an…

There are three classic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas; however, plasma is considered by some scientists to be…

The boomerang is a bent or angular throwing club with the characteristics of a multi-winged airfoil. When properly…

Give a plastic bucket and a shovel to a child, then turn her loose on a beach full of sand. She'll happily toil the day…

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