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Physics Explains How (But Not Why) Humans Can Throw Washing Machines

In this competition, humans are throwing washing machines. What is the force and power required to accomplish such a feat? The post Physics Explains How (But Not Why) Humans Can Throw Washing Machines appeared first on WIRED.

The best part of the game Bad Piggies is that you can build your own contraptions and create your own experiments. What happens when you change the mass? The post Bad Piggies Is the Best Science Game You Didn't Know Was About Science appeared first on WIRED.

There are two types of submarines. The traditional kind keeps the inside at a constant pressure but there is also a kind with variable pressure. The post Trust Us: You Can’t Really Turn a Truck Into a Submarine appeared first on WIRED.

The MythBusters lifted a car with a vacuum cleaner. Could you do the same thing by replacing the vacuum cleaner with a human sucking through a straw?

The MythBusters made a train tanker car implode due to a pressure difference. You can do something similar at home with a soda can.

In this demo, a block on a stick climbs up the stick when the stick is hit with a hammer. Here's how it works.