Your weight is about to be redefined
I wrote about the upcoming redefinition of the kilogram for Nautilus.
Category: Physics
Uncharted underground
Matt Covington didn’t sleep much the night before his big swim. Who could blame him? For two days, the wiry…
Edging into the spotlight
"He had been trying to get his colleague Charles Kane to listen to him, but Kane wasn’t having any of it."…
Perovskite’s solar promise
In the last few years, the sun-to-power efficiency of perovskites has surged at an unprecedented rate. This material is easier…
Where will lighting strike?
Michael McQuilken will never forget the day lightning struck his younger brother. On August 20, 1975, he and…
Hacking the Planet
Some problems have easy solutions. If we feel sweaty, we’ll head for the shade. If our soup’s too hot,…
Just Press Print
A person with a failing vital organ usually has only one treatment option: get a new one. But right now,…
‘Print’ almost anything
Imagine having a printer hooked up to your computer that could make anything. Tired of your toothbrush? No problem. Print…
Walking on Water
Gods in Ancient Egypt could do it; so allegedly could Buddha and Jesus. But for the rest of us lowly…
Riding raindrops
To humans, falling rain usually amounts to little more than a minor inconvenience. After all, we are big and raindrops…