[Discrete Electronics Guy] sends in his short tutorial on building a high voltage power supply from simple things. The circuit is a classic, but we love the resourcefulness shown. The ignition coil ...

Consciousness has long been described through various metaphors. William James famously compared it to a stream. Others have likened it to a theater, while still others have claimed it is like a ...

Officials have confirmed that on the surface of the sun, a dead sunspot has exploded, causing a large amount of plasma to be hurled into space. According to SpaceWeather.com, on April 11, the "corpse" ...

Epic Games had big news to share in May when it revealed an Unreal Engine 5 tech demo running on PlayStation 5, effectively showcasing the PS5's first gameplay video. But for all the takeaways ...

Physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison built a swirling orb of plasma they’re calling a “miniature Sun” — so they can study how stars work up close. The mini-sun, complete with its own ...

Turns out that when the Sun spits plasma at the Earth, the results can be beautiful. Earlier this month, when a sunspot shot plasma at Earth for the second time in two weeks, astronomers knew it was ...