The smallest time interval ever defined. Named after theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858-1947), Planck time is 10-43 seconds; however, the only measurement ever actually made was more than twice as ...

I’d like to invite you to an even higher level of nerdom! Every good nerd knows that E=mc^2. Every great nerd knows that, really, E^2=m^2c^4+p^2c^2 Want to know what that even means? Sure, I’ll tell ...

There are many well-known physical constants, but it always interests us when someone can approximately measure them using equipment you probably have. We could pretend it is because we want to help ...

The solution as to why gravity is so weak may come from taking a closer look at the Higgs boson. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.