A thought experiment that was at the heart of an argument between famed physicists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr in 1927 has finally been made real. Its findings elucidate one of the core mysteries ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...

Nearly two centuries after Michael Faraday first showed that magnetism can twist light, physicists have uncovered a hidden magnetic ingredient inside this classic effect. The new work reveals that the ...

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In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday provided the first direct evidence that electromagnetism and light are related. Now, it turns out that this connection is even stronger than Faraday imagined. In his ...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that the magnetic component of light plays a direct role in the Faraday effect, overturning a 180-year-old assumption that only its ...

What is most painful about the news of Michael Penix Jr.’s injury is the undercurrent of finality to a grand experiment. We can sit here and make fun of Falcons GM Terry Fontenot for a building ...

Chester A. Arthur is shitfaced. Stumbling out the back of a raucous bar in the wee hours of the morning, two hats stacked on top of his head, eyes shut so tight he can’t see the wall he’s about to ...

When Michael Vick was announced as the head coach of Norfolk State just before Christmas, the fanfare was immense. He is one of the few figures in modern football whose legendary stature rivals that ...

While AI has been dividing Hollywood, Michael Mann is agnostic when it comes to it. In fact, he will likely be experimenting with it in “Heat 2.” “I don’t experiment with technology gratuitously,” ...