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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…

5d ago

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

5d ago

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

Physics Models for the 100 Meter Sprint

I know the Summer Olympics are over, but the physics keeps going. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the men’s 100 meter sprint…

Aug 20

Physics Models for the 100 Meter Sprint

Aug 20

Rhett Allain

The Physics of a World Record Pole Vault

You might think that the summer Olympic games are all about getting the greatest athletes together from around the world to see who’s the…

Aug 12

The Physics of a World Record Pole Vault

Aug 12

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Gymnastics Physics: Does Simone Biles Really Jump 12 Feet Above the Floor?

I don’t know if Simone Biles is the greatest athlete of all time, but you have to admit — she’s pretty awesome. Her gymnastics routines…

Aug 5

Simone Biles floor pass. 2024 Summer Olympics. Image NBC/Peacock.

Aug 5

Rhett Allain

Olympic Physics: Modeling the Optimal Shot Put Launch Angle

It probably started with rocks. Everyone loves to throw rocks (especially into some body of water — I don’t know why). Of course, it’s…

Jul 30

Olympic Physics: Modeling the Optimal Shot Put Launch Angle

Jul 30

Rhett Allain

Electric Cars Don’t Use Gas, So What Do We Do About MPG?

Internal combustion cars seem to have been around forever. OK, it hasn’t been forever. At least by 1910, cars that ran on gasoline were…

Jul 26

Electric Cars Don’t Use Gas, So What Do We Do About MPG?

Jul 26

Rhett Allain

The Physics of Front Wheel vs. Rear Wheel Drive Cars

Why don’t you ever see front wheel drive muscle cars? OK, technically they do exist — they just might not be the best idea. Even though…

Jul 25

The Physics of Front Wheel vs. Rear Wheel Drive Cars

Jul 25

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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