Florida Education Officials Reject 54 Math Textbooks for ‘Attempts to Indoctrinate Students’
WKMG-TV - Sat Apr 16, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Dozens of math textbooks were rejected by the Florida Department of Education after officials said their publishers were attempting to indoctrinate students. More»
A Century of Quantum Mechanics Questions the Fundamental Nature of Reality
Science News - Wed Jan 12, 2022
Scientists are like prospectors, excavating the natural world seeking gems of knowledge about physical reality. More»
Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real
Quanta Magazine - Fri Jul 30, 2021
In a preprint posted online Thursday night, researchers at Google in collaboration with physicists at Stanford, Princeton and other universities say that they have used Google’s quantum computer to demonstrate a genuine “time crystal. More»
The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve
Quanta Magazine - Sun Jun 13, 2021
Over the past century, quantum field theory has proved to be the single most sweeping and successful physical theory ever invented. More»
Physicists Prove That the Imaginary Part of Quantum Mechanics Really Exists!
SciTech Daily - Wed Apr 28, 2021
For almost a century, physicists have been intrigued by the fundamental question: why are complex numbers so important in quantum mechanics, that is, numbers containing a component with the imaginary number i? Usually, it was assumed that they are only a mathematical trick to facilitate the description of phenomena, and only results expressed in real numbers have a physical meaning. More»
Students in Louisiana thought this math symbol looked like a gun. Police were called
Miami Herald - Sun Feb 25, 2018
A discussion among students at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Louisiana, about a mathematical symbol led to a police investigation and a search of one of the student's homes, according to the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office. More»
Quantum Harmonies: Modern Physics and Music
PBS - Wed Sep 10, 2014
From Pythagoras to string theory, explore the surprising connections between music and physics. More»
Are we missing a dimension of time?
Telegraph UK - Tue Oct 9, 2007
A scientist has put forward the bizarre suggestion that there are two dimensions of time, not the one that we are all familiar with, and even proposed a way to test his heretical idea next year. More»
Body of Copernicus identified
BBC - Mon Nov 7, 2005
Scientists say they have probably solved the mystery of where the father of modern astronomy was buried. More»