It’s possible to defy gravity using sound waves, magnets or electricity, but today’s methods can’t hoist heavy items high in ...

When thinking of levitation, one often pictures a concentrated magician and a lady floating in the air, or a levitating guru. However, this is only an optical illusion or quackery. The physical ...

Ten years after winning the parodic Ig Nobel prize for levitating a frog with magnets, Russian scientist Andre Geim has snagged the real thing. On Tuesday, the prestigious physics Nobel went to Geim ...

I realize a lot of people think I just make stuff up. Well, I do sometimes, but I try not to do it more than once in a column. Occasionally twice. Never more than three times. Science is actually ...