Discover the science behind seeing your reflection in water. Light travels in straight lines and bounces off smooth surfaces, ...

Physicists have finally turned a long standing thought experiment into a laboratory reality, showing that electromagnetic ...

Owing to the wave nature of light there are many ways that such different waves can interact with each other, but also with materials. Everyone knows about reflecting light with a mirror, which is a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Mirror, mirror on the wall--look inside the one at the Exploratorium, and you'll see some pretty astounding optical tricks. Designed to be part of a flight simulator, a small ...