Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews Cosmological Koans: a Journey to the Heart of Physics by Anthony Aguirre Cosmic questions: Anthony Aguirre’s new book borrows the concept of koans from Zen Buddhism: ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Condensed-matter and materials physics is the branch of physics that studies the ...

Turbulence, the violently unruly disturbance of plasma, can prevent plasma from growing hot enough to fuel fusion reactions. Long a puzzling concern of researchers has been the impact on turbulence of ...

Theoretical physics isn’t the easiest field in science to translate into laymen’s terms. Until recently it’s solely been the domain of geniuses like the late Stephen Hawking and fictional characters ...

During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin through the air. These performances will look different to my students who have studied physics through sports.