We're about halfway through the academic term at Union College, where I'm teaching introductory Newtonian physics using the Matter and Interactions curriculum. We just hit one of my favorite topics ...

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Radiation largely shapes variations of temperatures across continents, but evaporation and turbulent heat transfer also play their part. These are inherently complex processes. Following a new ...

Quantum physics has long been the go-to discipline for anyone in need of a pseudo-scientific justification for a quack theory. The mysterious, indeterminate nature of quantum causation is said to ...

Both physical and economic phenomena may possess universal features that could be uncovered using the tools of physics. The principal difference is that in economic systems -- unlike physical ones -- ...