I do not think it means what you think it means. Physics can often seem inconceivable. It’s a field of strange concepts and special terms. Language often fails to capture what’s really going on within ...

This is a part of Science Diction, a series digging into the scientific origin stories behind our words and language. Find all our stories and previous issues here. Words like these weren’t just ...

How well do you know your medical physics? Find out with this fun, cryptic word search, created by Ian Randall. All answers are hidden in the grid vertically, horizontally or diagonally, with no ...

Growing up in the US during the oil embargo of the early 1970s, I was bombarded by public service announcements encouraging people to conserve energy. But at a very young age, I also read that “energy ...