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The Twin Paradox: One of Special Relativity's Most Important Thought Experiments

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Traveling at the Speed of Light: Albert Einstein's Special Relativity and Cosmic Speed Limits

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

What is a Black Hole? The Origin and Present Perspective on these Cosmic Wonders

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Archimedes's Principle: Archimedes, Buoyant Force, Floating Objects, and a Gold Crown

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Quantum Cryptography: The Frontiers of Secrecy

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Legacy of General Relativity: Einstein’s Greatest Theory and its Effect on the Scientific World

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Gravity and General Relativity: Einstein's Revolutionary Theory of Curved Spacetime

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Relativity and Bending Light: Albert Einstein’s Most Famous Prediction of General Relativity

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Equivalence Principle: Einstein's "Happiest Thought" and the General Theory of Relativity

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Universe's Fourth Dimension: Herman Minkowski, Albert Einstein, and the Creation of Space-Time

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Nuclear Chain Reactions: How Atomic Weapons Really Work

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Equivalence of Mass and Energy: Special Relativity and E = mc²

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Addition of Velocities: How Special Relativity and the Constant Speed Affect Measurement

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Time and Space Dilation: Einstein's Answer to the Problem with the Speed of Light

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Lorentz Transformation: Reconciling Space and Time with the Speed of Light

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Simultaneity and Relativity: Proof of The Flexibility of Time and Space

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Relativity and Electromagnetism: The Problem with the Speed of Light

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Speed of Light: How The Study of Electromagnetism Affected Science

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Study of Light: The History of Illumination

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Galilean Relativity: So Many Trains, so Little Time

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Induction vs. Deduction in Science: The Techniques Involved in Creating a Good Scientific Theory

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

What are Vectors and Scalars: Types of Quantities in Physics Depend on Importance of Direction

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Understanding Mass and Weight: Fundamental Physics Concepts Related by Acceleration due to Gravity

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Understanding Mass: Fundamental Quantity in Physics Measures the Amount of Matter

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Third Law of Thermodynamics: Carnot Cycle, Efficiency, Heat Engines, and Absolute Zero

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Perpetual Motion Machine: Violates First or Second Laws of Thermodynamics

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Physics and Investment Fraud: Apply the Laws of Thermodynamics to Avoid Investor Scam

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Temperature Scales and Conversions: Fahrenheit, Celsius, Centigrade, Kelvin, and Converting Between Them

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The First Law of Thermodynamics: Conservation of Energy in Disguise; Work Output Cannot Exceed Input

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy Increases and Efficiency of Heat Engines Is Less Than 100%

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Laws of Thermodynamics: Three Basic Principles Govern Thermal Physics, Heat, & Work

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

How Do Microwave Ovens Work? Heating Water Molecules in Food with Electromagnetic Waves

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Microwave Ovens Heat Food Unevenly: Constructive and Destructive Interference of Electromagnetic Waves

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Why no Metal in Microwave Ovens? Can Metallic Objects Be Inside; What About the Interior Walls?

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Is Time Travel Possible? The Mystery of Time Travel

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By: Rebecca Turner

The Parallel Universe: Does The Multiverse Provide A Theory of Everything?

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By: Rebecca Turner

Physical Fundamental Quantities: What is anything really?

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Why Is Ultraviolet Light Harmful? Protecting your skin from sun damage

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

States of Matter: A Comprehensive list

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Plasma: Ionized Matter

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Physics vs. Metaphysics: The Big Questions

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Cymatics: The Art of Sound

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Bernoulli's Principle and Storms: Why a Tornado or Hurricane Can Lift the Roof off a House

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Bernoulli Effect While Driving: Examples of Bernoulli's Principle: Convertibles and Passing Traffic

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Doppler Effect for Moving Objects: A Red Shift or Blue Shift in Light and a Pitch Change in Sound

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Einstein's General Relativity: A Simplified Explanation of the General Theory of Relativity

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Physics of the Buffyverse: Book Review

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Basic or Applied Research: Basic Research, X-rays, and Unforeseen Applications

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Einstein's Special Relativity: Time Dilation, Lorentz Contraction, and Other Relativity Effects

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Bernoulli's Principle Examples: Airplane Wings and Curve Balls Use Bernoulli's Principle

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Physics Homework Help: A Strategy for Solving Physics Homework Problems

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By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Review: The Physics Classroom: Basic Help for High School Physics

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Beyond the Big Bang: The Accelerated Expansion of the Universe

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Best Modern Books on Physics: Lighter reading than you might think

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Absolute Zero: When It's Very Cold

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Answers to Puzzles of the Elements: Fun with symbols, units, and constants

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Puzzles of the Elements: Fun with symbols, units, and constants

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Energy and Information: The Dance of Particles and Bits

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Ball Lightning: An Enigma of Electromagnetism

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Book Review: Flatland: A perfect primer on higher dimensions

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Peculiar Vocabulary of Physics: Naming Strange New Things

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Book Review: Quantum Enigma: Quantum Physics Connects with Consciousness

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Dark Matter: Searching for the Elusive Mass of the Universe

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law: Unraveling the Confusion of Important Terminology

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Physics of Hurricanes: Understanding Tropical Cyclones

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Big and the Small - Part 2: At different scales, different forces have a predominate influence over matter

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Big and the Small - Part 1: The Four Forces and the Scale of the Universe

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

It's Just Rocket Science - Part 2: A further examination of the basic principles of rocketry

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

It's Just Rocket Science - Part 1: A look at the basic principles of rocketry

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Physics Family: The Relationships between the Branches of Physics

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Relativistic Effects

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Transformers

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Book: Electric Universe

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Parallax

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Coriolis Effect

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By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

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