Physics Facts

48 facts, from the everyday to the astonishing.

Determining the age of relatively recent fossils, those of plants and animals that lived tens of thousands of years ago,…

They sound like thunder, but they're not. They're sonic booms, concentrated blasts of sound waves created as vehicles…

Atoms are the extremely small particles of which we, and everything around us, are made. A single element, such as…

The next time you're watching a pot of water boil, perhaps for coffee or a cup of soup, pause for a moment and consider:…

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