That lead sentence of an article in Science News a few months ago summarized an experimental result by the Arizona State University psychologist Michael McBeath. McBeath and collaborators had asked ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

Try our fun new interactive end-of-year quiz, which is (mostly) based on stories and events covered in Physics World. Compiled by Colin White. How well have you been following events in physics? There ...

Physicists take on the big questions to discover how the universe works—from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies. Physicists experiment, observe, and analyze phenomena using mathematical ...

A recent interview with the well-known physicist Sean Carroll on “the physics of consciousness” gives us a great example of a reductive physicalist view of consciousness and the world around us. In it ...

The strange world of quantum mechanics is opening up new horizons of knowledge and urging humanity towards humility rather than arrogance, writes Hossam Badrawi Quantum mechanics explores the world of ...

Many football players are not known for their academic knowledge, though fans were left in shock when a video of Travis Kelce explaining physics to his Kansas City Chiefs teammates went viral. In a ...