Cells have always hummed with activity. They make their own energy, package it into molecules like ATP, and spend it ...

How do skateboarders seemingly defy gravity? How do gymnasts flip in the air? They have skill — and, as a Times interactive explored, an understanding of the laws of motion, physics and energy. By ...

UW-Madison is once again inviting the public to experience science in action with its popular Wonders of Physics shows, a ...

Physicist Sean Carroll takes on black holes, Schrödinger’s cat, and other big physics concepts that had our audience wondering.

A team of researchers has developed the first transmission electron microscope which operates at the temporal resolution of a single attosecond, allowing for the first still-image of an electron in ...

How would you choreograph the heft of the Higgs boson, the plight of an endangered species, or the battle between the body and tumors? Last year, the American Association for the Advancement of ...

Perpetual motion—it's fun to say that. For some people, perpetual motion machines hold the secret to everlasting free energy that will save the world. To them, it's a machine that is just beyond our ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Isaac Newton would never have discovered the laws of motion had he studied only cats. Suppose you hold a cat, stomach up, and drop it from a ...

Every time you charge your phone or unplug an electric car, the battery’s internal parts subtly expand and contract. Over ...

Earth moves around the sun at 67,000 mph and makes a full rotation once every 24 hours. So why can't we feel the Earth's rotation? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

PITTSBURGH — The Carnegie Science Center has opened a new motion lab that will allow athletes and sports lovers to better review their movements and improve them through science. The motion lab will ...