Physics
Nuclear Scientists Continue to Search for Undiscovered Isotopes
Nuclear researchers suspect that there are nearly 4,000 undiscovered nuclei that may help lead us to new machines and practices that benefit human life.
Jacob Barnett's Curious and Computational Mind
Meet the 18-year-old whose work is already stretching our understanding of the universe.
What Makes You So Smart, Computational Neuroscientist?
Terrence Sejnowski talks to Pacific Standard about searching for Sputnik, receiving pleasure reading material from a Nobel Prize winner, and being a science nerd.
What Makes You So Smart, Stephen Wolfram?
Noah Davis talks to the founder of Wolfram Alpha about computing the world's knowledge, how his kids got him to start traveling, and why he's not scared of AI.
What Makes the 'Pillars of Creation' So Memorable?
History, science, and art.
It’s Time to Get Rid of History, Biology, and Chemistry Classes
We should re-think the subject boundaries in high school education so that they align with important ideas and concepts that will give our children useful analytical lenses for viewing the world.
Can Physics Solve Child Custody Battles?
Parents with multiple ex-partners and children can plan their weekend custody schedules with a not-so-simple mathematical model.
Time Travelers From the Future Are Not on Twitter
An attempt to locate chrononauts on the Internet has failed.
The Math Equation That Explains David and Goliath
From babies' tantrums to labor strikes to guerrilla wars to global terrorism, there may be one simple math equation, a power law, that benchmarks them all. Better yet, it may allow us to predict these confrontations' future.
The STEM Gender Gap That Boggles Even Physicists
A new analysis of the gender gap in physics assessments between male and female students doesn't solve the STEM disparity, but it's a good primer on current thought.
The Physics of NASCAR
What Jimmie Johnson and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., owe to a PhD in the pit crew.
The Physics of Terror
After studying four decades of terrorism, Aaron Clauset thinks he's found mathematical patterns that can help governments prevent and prepare for major terror attacks. The U.S. government seems to agree.
Race Ball: Our National Pastime?
We look at studies analyzing Major League Baseball's race relations, economics and pop-ups.
The Enduring Mystery of the Higgs Boson
Or how a documentary film makes the attempt to verify the existence of an atomic particle as fascinating as it really is.