FutureGen Quantum on Instagram: "Quantum tunneling is one of the strangest effects in physics…a particle can appear on the other side of a barrier without breaking it…like a ball magically passing through a window. Impossible for us…but totally normal in the quantum world ⚛️ It’s also the reason the Sun shines. Hydrogen nuclei normally repel each other…but tunneling lets them slip through the barrier and fuse…releasing the energy that becomes sunlight ☀️ Without quantum tunneling…fusion wouldn’t

SciShow on Instagram: "Sometimes, being an expert in one scientific field doesn’t translate to another. But then there’s Luis Alvarez, a particle physicist who helped expand our knowledge of the world by investigating everything from atomic bombs, to Egyptian pyramids, to what actually killed the dinosaurs. This video was inspired by Collisions: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs, a new book by Alec Nevala-Lee. If you’d like to check it out, head to the SciShow Bo