Instant Genius: Gravity
Everything you need to know about gravity, from how gravitational waves are made to the hunt for antigravity.
Published: June 7, 2020 at 11:00 pm
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The quest for quantum gravity: why being wrong is essential to science
4/11/2020
Theoretical physicist Fay Dowker says that scientific advances depend on debate.
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What is the speed of gravity?
6/7/2016
Einstein’s General Relativity says gravity travels at the speed of light. Proving it is far from simple.
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Could we get antigravity from antimatter?
7/3/2018
Despite the similarity in their names, the two are most likely unrelated. But the quantum world might hold more secrets yet...
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This is your brain on space: how gravity influences your mental abilities
3/27/2020
Psychologist Dr Elisa Raffaella Ferrè wants to know how a lack of gravity will change the way we think.
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Could we manipulate gravity?
10/29/2017
Manipulating gravity isn’t the challenge, it’s how it could be used.
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From apples to gravitational waves: a brief history of gravity
11/4/2019
Feel the full force of history in this quick introduction to gravity, electromagnetism and how we came to understand what’s keeping us stuck to the floor and orbiting the Sun.
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How big does something have to be for gravity to act on it?
4/23/2010
Gravity is unique among the fundamental forces of the Universe – and also causes theorists enormous problems.
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Will we ever be able to control gravity?
7/22/2009
Fancy flying? Humans are a far way off manipulating gravity.
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