Perhaps the most persistent nonsense in physics: the perpetual motion machine. Bad ideas come and go in physics. But there’s one bit of nonsense that is perhaps more persistent than all others: the ...

This thread is about CERN. I've read speculation on how people are trying to make perpetual motion machines from subatomic weirdness. Or finding the "God" particle. Any thoughts? It's rather expensive ...

For centuries, inventors, scientists, and dreamers have been captivated by the idea of a machine that never stops moving, a device that could generate limitless energy without ever needing fuel or an ...