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Physics

Woman with short hair and glasses speaks into microphone

Anne L’Huillier Is the Fifth Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics

Alongside two other physicists, L'Huillier was recognized for her discoveries contributing to the study of electron motion.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Physicist Donna Strickland Had to Win a Nobel Prize to Get on Wikipedia

Only 18 percent of Wikipedia biographies are about women.
By John Bonazzo
The MICRO museum is a 6-foot installation that tells visitors about mollusks and can be set up in offices or hotels.

MICRO Museum Creators Have Big Plans for Bringing Science to the Masses

MICRO wants to become the most-visited museum in the country within five years.
By Margaret Carrigan
What's this kitty up to?

Harvard Awarded Ig Nobel Prizes to 10 Very Weird Scientific Studies—Like Liquid Cats

By John Bonazzo
Women in science struggle with sexism daily.

A Physics Expert Had Her Own Theories Mansplained Onstage—Until One Person Stood Up

By John Bonazzo
A photographer takes a picture of a prototype of the tube of the new linear accelerator Linac 4, at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on May 9, 2017 in Meyrin near Geneva. CERN inaugurates its linear accelerator, Linac 4 due to feed the CERN accelerator complex with particle beams of higher energy, which will allow the LHC to reach higher luminosity by 2021. It will become the first step in CERNs accelerator chain, delivering proton beams to a wide range of experiments. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

CERN’s New Particle Accelerator Has Potential to Treat Cancer and Detect Art Fakes

By Alanna Martinez
An illustration from Science Wide Open.

A Kickstarter That’s Already Hit 5X Its Goal Is Changing the Game for Girls in Science

By Sage Lazzaro
BOULBY, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 20: A sign points the way to the Deep Underground Science facility

Search in Antarctica for Dark Matter ‘Ghost Particle’ Comes Up Empty

By Michael Sainato
060280 01: Astronaut David Scott gives salute beside the U.S. flag July 30, 1971 on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. (Photo by NASA/Liaison)

Dr. Michio Kaku on Why Aliens May Exist, But Aren’t Landing on the White House Lawn

By Michael Sainato
(Screencap: Twitter)

Okay, Who Rigged Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Computer to Display Hayden Panettiere Before the Planetarium in Search Results?

By Jessica Roy
(Photo: Dvice)

Please Try to Contain Yourselves: NYU Professors Develop a Real Live Tractor Beam

By Jessica Roy
Mr. Milner. (Photo: Wikipedia/Debray Riveros)

Yuri Milner Starts His Own Nobel Prize, Begins Wiring Money to Penniless Physicists

By Kelly Faircloth

SEC Investigator: Flash Crash Probably Wasn’t Market Manipulation

By Mike Taylor

Stephen Hawking Calls Creator of Universe Redundant, Awaits His Response

By Nate Freeman
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