Speed of Light

Tech

An Ancient Black Hole as Heavy as a Billion Suns Is Pointed Right At Us

03.09.20

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

The ‘Halo Drive’ Would Shoot Lasers at Black Holes to Explore the Milky Way

03.21.19

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

A Black Hole Has Been Shredding a Star Twice the Size of the Sun for 10 Years

06.14.18

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Scientists Think the Speed of Light Has Slowed, and They’re Trying to Prove It

12.06.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Watch a Comet Crash Into the Goddamn Sun

08.07.16

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

A Teen Won $400k for His Video Explaining Special Relativity

11.11.15

By Clinton Nguyen
Music

[Video Premiere] LED-Adorned Cyclists Create Stunning Dance of Light

11.01.14

By Becky Chung
Entertainment

Watch 3,000 Cyclists, Runners, and Dancers Become LED Light Paintings

10.01.14

By Becky Chung
Entertainment

The World’s Fastest Camera Can See Around Corners By Imaging Lasers At 15 Billion Frames A Second

07.03.14

By Victoria Turk at Motherboard
Tech

This Camera Sees Around Corners by Imaging Lasers at 15 Billion Frames a Second

06.30.14

By Victoria Turk

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Life

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Life

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It was probably breaking the rules of magic anyway.

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