Introduction

 

• ​In pursuit of the ultimate truth: physics as a testament to human perseverance​

 

Classical Physics​

 

• ​​Eureka! moment that made a splash in science. The history of Archimedes' principle

• Why satellites stay in orbit: the balance between gravity and velocity

• Why is the ISS a weight-free zone in the sea of gravity?

• Skydiving from a Space Station? Here is why this wouldn’t work

• Do we weigh less at the skyscraper's top? Gravity and altitude

• Analemma Tower: a skyscraper with a view over the cosmos. Orbital mechanics

• Constellation Urion: when astronaut pee became a UFO

• Can a car change its color due to the Doppler effect?

• How can a mirror reflect an object hidden from its view?

• When Earth breathes fire: the science of volcanoes

• Does a growing population make Earth heavier? A beautiful lesson in closed systems

• Anti-gravity tables explained

• What color is your aura? Wien's displacement law

• Angels in the corner of your eye: central and peripheral vision​

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Cosmology​

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• We are made of stars. Tracing human origins back to the Big Bang

• Birth of the Solar System: From Dust to Starlight and Planets

• Do black holes deserve their bad reputation? Beyond the event horizon

• Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: a cosmic time capsule from beyond the Solar System

• Imagine swapping the Moon for Saturn and spending a night under its huge ring! Celestial mechanics

• Will orchids ever bloom on Mars? The realities of colonizing the Red Planet

 

Special relativity

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• Faster than light? Relative speed of two photons approaching each other

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Consciousness and AI

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• Have we made AI in our image and after our likeness? The mystery of consciousness

• Schroeder stairs illusion: how our brain transforms 2D retinal projections into 3D reality 

 

Flat Earthers

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• Take me to the Edge of Earth – the flat-earthers' dream resort!

• Gravity on a Flat Earth: living in a skewed wonderland

 

Puzzles

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• Three students and eight beer bottles

• Three students and a sliced pizza

• Potato Paradox: a clever play on common confusion about percentages

• A glass of milk and a bucket of water

• A bat and a ball problem. Two modes of thinking: fast (intuitive) and slow (analytical)

• Two Cyclists and a Bird: cracking a tough problem in two simple steps

• Which cat doesn't get milk? A fun lesson in fluid dynamics

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Math and Geometry

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• Greatest Common Divisor. Euclidean algorithm​

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