Posted on November 7, 2016Watch What Happens When Cars from Mexico and the US Collide Head-On This crash test video shows two cars in a collision. One of these cars meets USA safety standards and the other for Mexico. The post Watch What Happens When Cars from Mexico and the US Collide Head-On appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on November 1, 2016What It Would Take to Move 650 Million People into the US in One Week Donald Trump stated that we could get 650 million immigrants into the US in just a week. Is this realistic? The post What It Would Take to Move 650 Million People into the US in One Week appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 31, 2016The Science Behind All the Best Halloween Party Tricks Perhaps you enjoy dressing up for Halloween. For me, I prefer to talk about cool physics that you might see at a Halloween party. The post The Science Behind All the Best Halloween Party Tricks appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 26, 2016Modeling a Pendulum’s Swing Is Way Harder Than You Think Modeling the motion of a pendulum is often included in introductory physics courses, but it's not as easy as you think. The post Modeling a Pendulum's Swing Is Way Harder Than You Think appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 19, 2016The Physics of Jumping Off an 8-Story Building and Not Dying This video shows a guy jumping off a tall building and into water. He just misses a dock, but it's a great example of projectile motion. The post The Physics of Jumping Off an 8-Story Building and Not Dying appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 19, 2016If You Want to Teach Physics Lab Right, Skip the Manual To often, labs follow strict procedures and rules for data collection. It's better to let students simply experiment and focus on ideas. The post If You Want to Teach Physics Lab Right, Skip the Manual appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 16, 2016MacGyver’s Body-Bag Freefall Might Actually Work. Physics Says So In this scene from MacGyver, he needs to escape from a building by jumping out of a window. Could this really work? Here's the physics. The post MacGyver's Body-Bag Freefall Might Actually Work. Physics Says So appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 11, 2016The Physics of Buster Keaton, the Greatest Stuntman Ever Perhaps Buster Keaton was the greatest stunt person of all time. Here is a physics look at one of his stunts. The post The Physics of Buster Keaton, the Greatest Stuntman Ever appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 10, 2016The Physics of Nutballs Somersaulting in an Indoor Skydiving Tube Indoor skydiving looks magical—but it's just physics. Here's how it works. The post The Physics of Nutballs Somersaulting in an Indoor Skydiving Tube appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 6, 2016Let’s Put the Water Back on Top of Antarctica How much energy would it require to move 1 meter depth of water from the ocean to the top of the Antarctica ice sheet? The post Let's Put the Water Back on Top of Antarctica appeared first on WIRED.