Category: Science / Dot Physics

What can we learn from the video of the simultaneous landings?

It's time to do some physics-based forensics.

Does Ant-Man’s shrink ray let objects keep their mass as they get tiny?

Where do you get a giant plane-sized treadmill that goes 100 mph? Good question. I'm going to answer a different one.

Movies and TV shows often assume that no air = no gravity. Here's the way it actually works.

Enough to charge two iPhones—or flip a car.

Bigger isn't always better—but when it comes to drones, it kind of is.

All you need is a battery, a magnet, and some wires to build your own quasi-fictional submarine drive.

Set up an intersection the wrong way, and an oncoming car can be completely blind to an approaching biker—with fatal consequences.

If you shoot an arrow straight up into the air, could it fall down fast enough to kill you? Physics can tell.