There are quite a few fundamental constants. These are things like the speed of light (c) the charge on an electron (e), and the Planck constant (h). These constants are determined with some type of ...

Weight is the force acting on an object due to gravity - it has the unit newtons (N) and acts towards the centre of a gravitational field. So weight is a gravitational force on an object that has mass ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There are some things in life that just sort of happen. Desks get covered in dust and scraps of paper. Clothes get dirty and the laundry basket fills up. Weeds slowly creep across an untended ...

We may have found a way to stave off armageddon. Spanish Scientists might have made it infinitely easier to spot space rocks heading for Earth — by calculating the gravitational bending of light to ...

The terms weight and mass are often used incorrectly. Phrases like ‘a bag of sugar weighs 1 kg’ are not scientifically correct. This means that a 1 kg mass would be attracted to Earth by a force of 10 ...