This isn't an action shot of a cube of metal as it falls to the ground. This is real life levitation.
The Universe in Colour: The Meissner Effect
Mis-Science! The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics is an exceptionally simple statement, yet has profound implications for the evolution of the universe. Despite it's simple form however, it seems that there are many misconceptions that people have about what it really means.
What do Theoretical Physicists Do?
To anyone who is confused about what it is exactly that theoretical physicists do, here is a brief yet broad summary of what we're trying to achieve.
Induction: The Rocky Foundations of Science
If we see green apples fall from a tree every day, why should we reason inductively and conclude that every apple that falls from the tree will be green? Why not conclude instead that the next apple to fall from the tree will be red?
The Universe in Colour: Boötes Void
The universe in colour! ...or not. The object I'm focusing on today is almost completely black, it gives off virtually no radiation of any sort.
Mis-Science!
“To those who are trained in science, creationism seems a bad dream, a sudden coming back to life of a nightmare, a renewed march of an Army of the Night risen to challenge free thought and enlightenment.” - Isaac Asimov
Comprehending Infinity
Infinity is still an extremely mysterious concept that we're unable to properly grasp, yet mathematicians have penetrated deeper into the world of infinity than ever before, and there is a wealth of new discoveries. The interesting question is whether these infinities have any relevance to the real physical world.
The Universe in Colour: Mandelbrot Set
A new feature! Each week I'll post an image related to something from Physics, Philosophy or Mathematics and say a little bit about it and it's significance.
Is Everything Mathematics?
One of the most puzzling mysteries of modern day Physics is why mathematics is such a useful tool for uncovering the workings of the universe. Although mathematics has always been the only acceptable language in which to phrase serious physics, letting mathematics guide the direction of physics is a late 20th/21st century revolution in scientific thinking.
The Importance of Uncertainty
It is not difficult to find online forums and blog posts that proclaim facts and arguments as if they were certain. People of all philosophical alignments will do this. Theists will proclaim what they believe to be indisputable facts like: "Something must have caused the Big Bang", and atheists are often guilty of prophetically declaring their favourite origin story for the universe: "Quantum fluctuations produced the universe" or "Many-worlds explains fine-tuning".
The Platonic Realm 