By Heidi Harley

science / science - 3 days ago

My experimental adventures in quantum thermodynamics

Imagine a billiard ball bouncing around on a pool table. High-school level physics enables us to predict its motion until the end of time using simple equations for energy and momentum conservation, as long as you know the initial conditions – how fast the ball is moving at launch, and in whi...

science / science - 4 days ago

2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12

A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 17, 2024 thru Sat, March 23, 2024. Story of the week Thanks to John Mason having the stamina to sit down to watch "Climate - the Movie" and jotting down several pages worth of...