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Michael Shermer reviews Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of Everything by Margaret Wertheim.

Faithful version of the Lunar Lander arcade game. Play this classic fun moon landing simulation online. Also choose between the earth or jupiter with true gravity physics. More games here too!

Nobelprize.org, Official web site of the Nobel Foundation

A set of four priceless archival recordings from the University of Auckland (New Zealand) of the outstanding Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman - arguably the greatest science lecturer ever. Although the recording is of modest technical quality the exceptional personal style and unique delivery shine through.

Nobelprize.org, The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize

UC San Diego computer scientists intended to understand how to create rainbows digitally. But they also made some discoveries about the physics of rainbows.

UC San Diego computer scientists intended to understand how to create rainbows digitally. But they also made some discoveries about the physics of rainbows.

Scientists eagerly await data that may prove the existence of the Higgs boson, which is key to understanding mass in the universe. Or the hints may be a false alarm.

LHC physicists are set to make a major announcement about their latest hunt for the particle – New Scientist wonders what it might mean if they find

Existence of the particle - believed to have given shape to the universe after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago - was proposed some four decades ago.