Energy

The Joke That Moves Everything

The universe, if you strip away the drama, is really just one big argument between matter and energy. Matter says, "I exist." Energy replies, "Prove it."

Energy is the reason anything happens at all. It's what turns silence into sound, cold into heat, and boredom into supernovae. Every sunrise, every heartbeat, every lightning bolt and breakup text - all powered by the same cosmic current that's been running since the Big Bang.

But for most of history, we had no idea what it was. Early humans worshiped fire, feared storms, and politely avoided asking where thunder came from. Philosophers imagined invisible fluids sloshing around inside objects, engineers invented perpetual motion machines that failed beautifully, and eventually Einstein came along and ruined everyone's sleep with