Physics

The brain runs on roughly the wattage of a dim light bulb. A large AI model can draw the output of a small power plant. That gap is the quiet motivation behind a whole field of research, and behind a…

The place where most of Earth's surface is made lies kilometres underwater, in near-total darkness, along a seam that winds around the planet like the stitching on a baseball. Mid-ocean ridges are…

Set a bowling ball spinning in the middle of a trampoline and, in Einstein's universe, it does more than sag the surface — it twists it, winding the fabric around like a spoon in honey. General…