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New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter jacket keeps you warm

As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet. Not only can this extra layer keep you warm on a chilly day, but modern winter jackets are also a testament to centuries-old physics and cutting-edge materials…

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Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, scientists simply discover truth, and truth speaks for itself.

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As our black hole images get more detailed, we may find Einstein wasn't quite right about them

Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be the best recipe to describe black holes.

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What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests time is a psychological projection

“Time flies,” “time waits for no one,” “as time goes on”: The way we speak about time tends to strongly imply that the passage of time is some sort of real process that happens out there in the world. We inhabit the present moment and move through time, even as…

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100 years before quantum mechanics, one scientist glimpsed a link between light and matter

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin’s Broome Bridge in 1843.

The Conversation

Friday essay: Trump and Kennedy are destroying global science. Even Einstein questioned facts – but there’s a method to it

Eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, truth and science are again under attack – with global consequences. USAID, which tackled HIV, TB, malaria and child malnutrition is gone. Funding has been withdrawn from GAVI, a public–private global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world’s…

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Two Tribes caps glorious training performance by Richard Spencer to win the Stewards’ Cup

Two Tribes capped a great training performance by Richard Spencer to win the Stewards’ Cup

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Einstein was wrong (slightly) about quantum physics, new version of the famous double-slit experiment reveals

A new version of the famous double-slit experiment showed that it's impossible to measure light as both a wave and a particle at the same time, thanks to quantum physics' uncertainty principle.

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Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: ‘I took my hands off the artery – blood squirted up and hit the ceiling’

Australia’s favourite science whiz on why Isaac Newton ruined rainbows, falling asleep while assisting in an operating theatre and where to keep the tomato sauce

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13 Historical Figures Who Were Secretly Total Weirdos

History books often show us the polished side of famous people. But the truth is, many historical figures had habits and quirks that would raise eyebrows today. These odd behaviors shaped their lives and sometimes even changed the world. Knowing about these weird sides can make history feel more real…

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Royal Observatory Greenwich: The birthplace of modern astronomy turns 350

That's a lot of standard candles.

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When was math invented?

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and even calculus?

LiveScience

Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history

Gravity pulls us to earth, a lesson you learn viscerally the first time you fall. Isaac Newton described gravity as a universal attractive force, one that holds the Moon in orbit around the Earth, the planets in orbit around the Sun, and the Sun in orbit around the center of…

The Conversation

Is Science Rigged for the Rich?

A recent study claiming inequality of opportunity in the sciences commits statistical and conceptual errors that make its findings meaningless.

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Isaac Newton’s beer mug to go on show in Royal Society exhibition in London

Though scientist was not thought to be a great drinker, he may have used beer as an ingredient in the homemade ink in which he wrote his greatest work

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40 Hilarious And Heartwarming Pics Of Dogs Modeling Cutting-Edge Pet Styles

Online community “Dogue” posts pics of pets adorned in the latest fur baby fashions, and the results are remarkably stylish. Here’s our roundup of their most majestic covers. The post 40 Hilarious And Heartwarming Pics Of Dogs Modeling Cutting-Edge Pet Styles first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Peacock Just Quietly Added The Scariest Horror Movie of 2024

'Nosferatu' was one of the most terrifying movies of 2024, but its horror lay in the parts never seen onscreen.

The Independent UK

Sir Isaac Newton letter from 1704 predicts when world will end – and it’s not far away

As well as formulating the laws of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton was a theologian

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Study finds connection between quantum theory, information theory

The theory dates back to the 17th century when Isaac Newton suggested that light is composed of particles. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Versailles: Science and Splendour review – blazing breakthroughs from stuffed rhinos to anal ops

Science Museum, London Feats of hydraulic engineering, surgical innovations, midwifery machines … there was much more to the palace than Marie-Antoinette’s shepherdess cosplay

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Which Markets Were Hot, Which Were Not to Start the Week?

The Softs sector continues to lead the commodity complex higher, particularly cocoa and coffee, while Grains were quiet to start the week.

The Guardian - UK

Isaac Newton’s wealth ‘intimately connected’ with slavery, author says

Scientist and banker benefited from gold mined primarily by enslaved Africans in Brazil, book claims

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s appalling’: original bramley apple tree being neglected, say campaigners

Tree still fruiting on site owned by Nottingham Trent University but afflicted by honey fungus infection

The Guardian - UK

‘It was to make bank managers less uptight’: the toy that put Newton’s law on executive desks

The eccentric British design firm behind Ballrace, the bestselling shiny 1970s Newton’s cradle, is celebrated in a new book

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32 physics experiments that changed the world

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world.

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