You Can Use This Silly Game to Do Some Serious Physics
In this cartoon world built to teach concepts from Randall Munroe’s book What If? 2, you can fly a rocket around randomly—or explore the physics of an alternate ..
In this cartoon world built to teach concepts from Randall Munroe’s book What If? 2, you can fly a rocket around randomly—or explore the physics of an alternate ..
Humanity’s peculiar gait has long confounded engineers and biomechanists—but it might be one of nature’s clever tricks. ..
A deep dive into the science of staying alive underwater. ..
To send astronauts on long-term space missions, it’ll take rotating habitats to produce artificial gravity. But that’s trickier than you might think. ..
Other superheroes float, rocket, or jump their way around the Marvel Cinematic Universe—but this new flying method needs a physics analysis. ..
In What If? 2, Randall Munroe explains that evading gravity can reduce your mass—but let’s do the math to see how far you have to go. ..
If you want to attain high speeds without getting airborne, it helps to know a little something about friction. ..
Global warming is melting Earth’s glaciers, which is moving vast amounts of water—maybe enough to affect the planet’s rotation. ..
It’s impossible to reduce gravity, but you can find some clever ways around it. ..
The Dark Knight has some pretty neat gear—but his gadget-enabled stunts require some juice. ..