What Do a Falling Apple and an Orbiting Moon Have in Common?
Isaac Newton connected the two motions in a way that revolutionized physics and made space travel possible. ..
Isaac Newton connected the two motions in a way that revolutionized physics and made space travel possible. ..
This Star Wars Day, it’s time to figure out how these iconic flying machines work, and if there’s anything like them on Earth. ..
To see if those videos of people conjuring liquid without any external power actually hold water, you’ll need physics—and a straw. ..
Martial arts moves can seem magical, but maybe they just display a mastery of 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 ..
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. ..