The smallest time interval ever defined. Named after theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858-1947), Planck time is 10-43 seconds; however, the only measurement ever actually made was more than twice as ...

I’d like to invite you to an even higher level of nerdom! Every good nerd knows that E=mc^2. Every great nerd knows that, really, E^2=m^2c^4+p^2c^2 Want to know what that even means? Sure, I’ll tell ...

We measure on average 1.70 meters (about 5 feet 7 inches). A common height that seems normal in our human-scale world. Yet, when we compare it to the smallest and largest conceivable distances in the ...