Physics in Pictures
Cracking Up
If you dropped a wineglass, you'd expect it to shatter, not skitter across the floor like a silver goblet would.
My Cup Runneth Down
It might seem intuitively obvious that a layer of dense liquid resting on a less dense liquid is an unstable situation. But what isn't so obvious is the complex way that liquids arranged in this manner tend to move.
Supernovae Surprise
There's no avoiding the tragic end of a large star's life: it dies in a catastrophic explosion called a supernova.
Steady Drip of Progress
It flows in rivulets, puddles in depressions, falls from the sky; you can even buy it at Costco--three-dimensional, "bulk" water is everywhere.