Learn how basic physics can be used to estimate solar power output with simple, logical calculations. This video explains solar irradiance, energy conversion, and efficiency in a clear, intuitive ...

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

The books will invite readers on a tour of transformational ideas that have shaped our modern understanding of the universe. Quanta Books is delighted to announce two new upcoming books by ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

In this video, I explain why a basic understanding of Math and Physics is essential for becoming an airline pilot. Trump says he redesigned new Coast Guard ships for aesthetic reasons What happened to ...

If you’ve spent any time planning for retirement, you probably know the basics of Social Security. Most people can start claiming benefits at age 62, reaching full retirement age (FRA) between 66 and ...

A new report from OpenAI and a group of outside scientists shows how GPT-5, the company’s latest AI large language model (LLM), can help with research from black holes to cancer‑fighting cells to math ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning. Most artificial-intelligence (AI) models can reliably identify patterns in data ...

Nothing sinks a golfer’s spirits like their ball zinging back out of the hole. Now, physics and mathematics explain how it happens. The anguish of a “lip out” occurs when a golfer putts a ball, and ...