Scientists have long been fascinated by how light interacts with matter. At the heart of this curiosity are photons—particles ...

Twice in the last year, the Arkansas Times has published stories that made us feel sad for the animals that wind up on our plate.

Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before entering it -- an effect dismissed as an ...

Here are a few thought experiments that demonstrate some of ... you would be able to observe the light frozen in space. But since he knew light was a wave composed of changing magnetic and ...

With the aid of continuous observation, and a grant from the Royal Society for experimental purposes, he has been able to throw much light on these curious ponds. He shows that “dew-pond” is a ...