Matter
Everything in the universe is comprised of matter. Check out these articles for a better understanding of matter and how it affects you.
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Why Do Bubbles Pop?
It's Elementary: The Periodic Table Quiz
10 Things You Should Never Mix With Alcohol
How Electricity Works
How Faraday Cages Work
How Gasoline Works
What do bugs have to do with forensic science?
5 Things You Didn't Know About Autopsies
Could Someone Really Find a Mummy in Their Backyard?
How Alchemy Paved the Way for Chemistry
How did Nikola Tesla change the way we use energy?
Time May Not Exist, Say Some Physicists and Philosophers
Why Does Ice Stick to Your Fingers?
What if I forgot to remove a piercing before an MRI?
A Kid-friendly Introduction to Magnets and Magnetism
We've Got Your Numbers Quiz
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11 Basic Math Symbols and How to Use Them
Could an 'X17 Particle' Hint at a Fifth Force in the Universe?
Where do they get the particles for accelerators?
5 Baffling Subatomic Particles
Why Are School Buses Yellow?
Why Spinning Blades Look Weird on TV
HowStuffWorks: How To Draw An Impossible Shape
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What exactly is an atom? What is it made of? What does it look like? The pursuit of the structure of the atom has married many areas of chemistry and physics in perhaps one of the greatest contributions of modern science!
How effective is fighting a wildfire with controlled fire?
By Oisin Curran
An atom is made up of neutrons, protons and electrons, and its atomic number is calculated by adding up the number of protons and neutrons in the atom's nucleus. Learn about the basic structure and the atomic number of an atom in this article.
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Wavelengths are used to measure the size of a wave. Learn about wavelengths in this article.
Metallurgy involves studying how metals behave and using that understanding to manipulate and shape them into various forms.
Protons and neutrons, the particles that form the nuclei of atoms, are themselves made up of even smaller particles known as quarks.
Boyle's Law describes the relationship between pressure and the volume of a container with gas in it. As the volume of the container decreases, the pressure inside the container increases.
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It isn't magic but instead science that causes the bottled water to completely freeze — and some pretty simple science at that. So, how long does it take water to freeze?
Researchers have come up with the most precise determination of Planck's constant ever, making it possible to reframe the idea of what a kilogram even is.
It looks completely impossible that this rock should stand, balanced as it is, but it has not moved since the last ice age.
There are many types of energy in the world, from potential and kinetic to electrical and thermal, along with many others. But what exactly is energy?
By Mark Mancini
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A decade of science and trillions of collisions show the W boson is more massive than expected. A physicist on the team explains what it means for the reigning model of particle physics.
By John Conway
Something very strange is afoot above the frozen landscape of Antarctica.
A research team has found that water acts strangely on an air-drying towel, which contributes to its signature stiffness.
For nearly 40 years, science has relied upon the Standard Model of particle physics to describe the universe. But now some are saying that it's time for a rewrite.
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Science is still working out exactly what makes frozen water so slippery, but there are a few intriguing theories.
Your eyes can only perceive things in the presence of light. Learn how the photoelectric effect supports the particle theory of light in this article.
Weight is the measurement of gravity's pull on an object. And it varies by location. Mass is a different beast altogether.
By Mark Mancini
Entropy is the disorder of a system, but that means a lot more than making a mess of a room.
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Atoms: the building blocks of life and the universe. We're all made of these microscopic bits of matter, but how many does it take to make a complete human being? And exactly what kinds of atoms do we have inside us?