Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it? When Radha Mastandrea started her undergraduate physics program at MIT in 2015, she ...

In today's podcast, Ilona talks with Tim Stelzer, a theoretical particle physicist and a research Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois. Over the past few years, Tim has created ...

Learning about the physics of kinetic energy is just about the last thing most fourth- and fifth-graders would want to do after school. But in the "Physics Factory" science camp, kids get to create ...

Differential equations are fundamental tools in physics: they are used to describe phenomena ranging from fluid dynamics to general relativity. But when these equations become stiff (i.e. they involve ...

In India, teachers are moving towards understanding-based learning, promoting productive struggle, curiosity, and cognitive ...

There’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds. Throughout history people have always pushed themselves to go faster, whether on foot, on horseback, on a boat, or on a bicycle. Nearly ...

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their foundational work in artificial intelligence. Hinton, known as the godfather of AI, is a dual citizen of Canada and Britain, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rahul focuses on the impact of autonomy on society. “God does not play dice with the universe,” Albert Einstein is reported to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. I was asked to do a presentation last week for the Union College ...

Amid high expectations for quantum technology, a new paper in Science reports a proven quantum advantage. In an experiment, ...