Not to be confused with Genus. For other uses, see Genius (disambiguation). A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creative productivity, universality in genres or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new advances in a domain of knowledge.
Mechanical waves need matter to transfer energy, while electromagnetic waves do not, they can travel through space, or a vaccum. Electromagnetic waves include the electromagnetic spectrum...
Mechanical waves use the substrate to move along (the medium). Electromagnetic 'waves' are a combination of a particle and a wave (they have the same properties of both) == photons. Electromagnetic waves encompass light, microwaves, radio waves, and gamma waves (to name a few). Since EM particles act as waves, but also have a mass they actually exist in the Space-Time continuum and can travel without a medium.