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Video Analysis: SpaceX Super Heavy Booster Landing. A Perfect Physics Problem.

Rockets are cool. I mean, who would think that humans could play with weird spacecraft in Kerbal Space Program and then actually make it…

7h ago

Video Analysis: SpaceX Super Heavy Booster Landing. A Perfect Physics Problem.

7h ago

Rhett Allain

How Ridiculous Drops a Tungsten Cube From 1000 Feet. Will It Reach Terminal Velocity?

What happens when you have a nice sized budget and you just want to do some fun stuff? Well, for one — you could drop a bunch of objects…

2d ago

How Ridiculous Drops a Tungsten Cube From 1000 Feet. Will It Reach Terminal Velocity?

2d ago

Rhett Allain

The Nature of Science According to Donald Trump (and the Real Nature of Science).

I didn’t want to write the piece — but here I am writing about Donald Trump. From the things he’s said, it seems clear that Trump isn’t…

4d ago

The Nature of Science According to Donald Trump (and the Real Nature of Science).

4d ago

Rhett Allain

Everyday Physics: Estimating Values for Energy

We live in a world of energy. You store energy in your body by eating food. Your car transforms the energy in gasoline into motion. Even…

Oct 6

Everyday Physics: Estimating Values for Energy

Oct 6

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Physics: Motion of an Object With Linear Drag

If you throw a tennis ball at normal human speeds, you can model this as projectile motion. For projectile motion, the object has a…

Oct 4

Physics: Motion of an Object With Linear Drag

Oct 4

Rhett Allain

Physics Problem: What Value Would This Scale Read?

This problem has been around for quite a while — and it’s usually very popular. It goes like this:

Sep 21

Physics Problem: What Value Would This Scale Read?

Sep 21

Rhett Allain

Red Bull Physics: Trains, Bikes, and Inertial Reference Frames

Just in case you didn’t know, there’s some crazy awesome stuff online. In this case it’s a video from Red Bull showing Dawid Godziek riding…

Sep 14

Red Bull Physics: Trains, Bikes, and Inertial Reference Frames

Sep 14

Rhett Allain

Using a Digital Balance to Measure the Travel Distance of an Elevator

Fun physics questions are fun. Here’s one for you. Imagine you have a block of aluminum on a digital scale such that it reads 102 grams…

Sep 11

Using a Digital Balance to Measure the Travel Distance of an Elevator

Sep 11

Rhett Allain

Does Your Digital Scale Measure Mass, Weight, or Something Else?

Electronic balances are all over the place in a science lab. Yes, we even use them in physics. But here’s the fun part — do they actually…

Sep 8

Does Your Digital Scale Measure Mass, Weight, or Something Else?

Sep 8

Rhett Allain

According to Physics, It’s Not a Smart Idea to Put a Jet Engine on a Merry Go Round

While I appreciate the content as a physics problem, this video worries me. These guys (WhistlinDiesel on YouTube) decided to put an actual…

Aug 27

According to Physics, It’s Not a Smart Idea to Put a Jet Engine on a Merry Go Round

Aug 27

Rhett Allain

Rhett Allain

Physics faculty, science blogger of all things geek. Technical Consultant for CBS MacGyver and MythBusters. WIRED blogger.

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