One of the most talked about things this week was a strange video of a man who appeared to have a real life jet-powered hoverboard. The video was published by Zapata Racing, which has made water-powered versions of these flying machines for a few years now . The difference is that those are always tethered to some kind of personal watercraft. This new "Flyboard Air," as CEO Franky Zapata calls it, is something totally different. The video went viral on Monday, and it polarized the internet. People thought it was either the coolest thing ever invented , or that it was a massive hoax . Even optimistic parties, like myself, were skeptical . Maybe we all still feel a little burned by Tony Hawk and FunnyorDie, or maybe we were just being careful — after all, the video was suspiciously edited, there were very few details, and it just looked a little fake. Over the week, more videos of the flight(s) surfaced, and it appeared to be the real deal. This morning, thou...
Albert Einstein / ˈ aɪ n s t aɪ n / ; [4] German: [ˈalbɛɐ̯t ˈaɪnʃtaɪn] ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist . He developed the theory of relativity , one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics ). [1] [5] :274 Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science . [6] [7] Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc 2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). [8] He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect ", [9] a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory . ( Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile ...