In This Brutal ‘Titan Games’ Event, Friction Is The Real Winner
Sure, you need big muscles to win the Lunar Impact event in Dwayne Johnson's new reality show. But you won't get anywhere without friction.
So You Want to Harness Evaporation From a Manmade Lake
There are much better ways to generate electricity than this proposed scheme in Egypt, but here's how it would theoretically work.
A Flying Tesla? Sure! We Calculate the Power Demands
Elon says he'd use SpaceX propulsion tech to make a Roadster take flight, and we have thoughts.
A Magic Wand? Nope, Just Good Ol’ Fashioned Physics
What looks like magic is actually the electrostatic force in action, suspending objects in air by manipulating their electrons.
How to Calculate the Physics in ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’
Using the videogame's training mode, you can figure out the rules governing how the various characters jump and move.
How Does a ‘Martian’-Style Gravity Assist Actually Work?
It's basically a perfectly elastic collision, like two bouncy balls colliding.
Trigonometry Is Essential to Physics. Here Are the Basics
Good ol' trig: that bastion of angles and triangles is essential to calculating velocity, momentum, and much more.
Use a Slo-Mo Video to Calculate How Fast Glass Shatters
Using footage shot by The Slow Mo Guys, you can get a pretty good estimate of the speed at which cracks travel through a sheet of glass.
How Dense Does a Body Have to Be to Break a Concrete Floor?
Solve this *Captain America* physics puzzle.
No GPS? A DIY Radio Transmitter Can Help You Navigate
The old-school way to navigate is with a clock and a sextant, but you can also hack together this alternative.