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An introduction to Coulomb’s Law and electric fields explained in a clear and simple way. Learn how electric charges interact, how force depends on distance, and how electric fields describe these ...

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In physics, breakthroughs are rare. Experiments are slow, expensive and often end up refining, rather than rewriting, our understanding of the universe. But what if the only constraint on scientific ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If ...