The Opinion Board·Oct 29Physics Proves the Classic Feathers vs Steel Riddle WrongThe answer your teacher confidently gave you for decades is only correct in a vacuum — and you don’t live in one.
Gabriella Bernardi·Oct 22Archimedes’ screw made from a single moleculeAn international team of physicists has, for the first time, developed a molecular ‘machine’ based on the principle of the Archimedes’…
InThe Polymathy’s PathbyFrançois L. GIRARD·Jul 20Before calculus, Archimedes weighed a sphere.How a lost mathematical method survived a medieval prayer book, a forgery, and a particle accelerator.A response icon1
InThe Infinite UniversebyTim Andersen, Ph.D.·Jun 3The Archimedes “Eureka!” story may never have happenedEveryone wastes time. We scroll our phones when we are supposed to be working or studying. We doodle. We meander. We watch bad movies and…A response icon1
Jeffrey Dutton Smith·May 2We Can Never Be Certain of the TruthBecause Observers Like Us Can Never Have A God’s-Eye View
