On a December day, Richard Feynman gave a fun little lecture at Caltech — and dreamed up an entirely new field of physics. During the talk, entitled "Plenty of room at the bottom," he described the ...

Classical physics suggests that objects move along a single, well-defined path. Quantum mechanics says something far stranger: particles explore every possible path simultaneously. According to ...

Where next? Quantum metrology, fusion and medical physics are three hot topics to be featured on Physics World Live this year. (Courtesy: iStock/shutter_m) I used to set myself the challenge every ...

Aren't they all evil? Does Trauma Cause Violence? Can we change violent minds? 20 December 2023 58 minutes Available for over a year This year's BBC Reith Lecturer is Ben Ansell, Professor of ...

Queen’s gambit: New research find that the standard game of chess can give an advantage to white – regardless of where the back pieces are placed (courtesy: istock/gedzun) Chess is a seemingly simple ...

Jaxon Smith-Njigba hauls in the catch in the left corner of the endzone to score and extend the Seahawks' lead. Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III reflects on the impressive playoff performance, ...

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)’s website offers free access to ‘The Feynman Lectures on Physics’ (feynmanlectures.caltech.edu). Richard Feynman, a Nobel laureate, delivered those ...

January 16, 2026 • A woman who was married to a man twice her age remembers their relationship, and the important question she asked him when they spoke to StoryCorps 20 years ago. January 9, 2026 • ...