Does a Solar Eclipse Change the Earth’s Temperature?
The 4 Most Important Things MythBusters Taught the World
Doing Loops in a Tomorrowland Jet Pack Might Kill You
The Physics of Dropping Out of a Plane in an Inflatable Ball
LIGO Ain’t a Gravitational Wave Detector—It’s an Observatory
Science Fairs Have Lost Their Way. Let’s Make Them Cool Again
Calculating Calories by Burning Gummy Bears to Death
In a recent episode of the MythBusters, the team launched a rocket with Gummy Bear fuel and one with poop as a fuel. How do you know how much energy is stored?
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6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Gravitational Waves
There are so many cool aspects of LIGO's detection of gravitational waves. Here are six ideas for you to consider.
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Dominate Calculus With a Few Easy Tricks
A numerical integration solves an integral by breaking into a finite number of sums. This is fairly straightforward to do with a computer.
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The Physics of OK Go’s Epic New Zero-G Video
OK Go has created another epic video. This one involves a zero g environment inside of an aircraft. Here' how it works.
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