Read stories about people with physics degrees from UC Davis by checking out physics professor Lloyd Knox’s blog, Degree Of Satisfaction. For quantitative information on physics careers, visit the ...

The big thing that needs unifying, in everyone's view, is to tie the force of gravity in with the other fundamental forces. Galison suggested that this is more challenging than it appears, noting the ...

Sam Arbesman's newest book, Overcomplicated, looks at how many technological systems have grown so complex that they defy easy understanding. In the following lightly edited excerpt, he argues that we ...

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The great vision of fusion power — harnessing the energy source of the stars for the good of people on Earth — is and has always been a highly attractive one. The history of fusion research is full of ...

Eugenia Etkina and Gorazd Planinšič describe how research into how people learn – plus the desire to help all students develop scientific “habits of mind” – is reshaping the way they teach physics An ...

So, at first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will. We don't really have a choice, because if ...