explanations
At the Very Bottom of Reality Is Planck's Constant
The number that divides the world into classical and quantum.
The Equations Behind Epidemics
Understanding the SIR model, which describes how an outbreak can catch fire from humble beginnings.
The 'Feynman Lectures on Physics' Are Now Online, So Go Be a Genius
Thanks to CalTech, all three volumes of Feynman's landmark textbooks are now freely available.
Cat Marnell Explains Herself
Regular readers may have noticed that Cat Marnell’s VICE column, Amphetamine Logic, has been conspicuously absent these past few weeks. No, Cat did not blow her lips off freebasing cocaine like Richard Pryor, and no, she will not be parting ways with...
The Higgs Boson, As Explained By YouTube
Yesterday's "announcement":http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/science/cern-physicists-may-have-discovered-higgs-boson-particle.html?_r=1&hpw of a "Higgslike" particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the most expensive science experiment ever, is less...