I wish Angry Birds had been around when I was teaching high school physics. Please don’t think of the game as a hate crime against hogs, or an avian anger management program—instead, think of it as a ...

Physics, particularly forces and motion, can be challenging. By observing everyday motion, conducting simple experiments, and understanding Newton's laws in plain language, the concepts become more ...

Shini Somara introduces us to the ideas of motion in a straight line. In this, THE FIRST EPISODE of Crash Course Physics, your host Dr. Shini Somara introduces us to the ideas of motion in a straight ...

Each February, I begin the introductory electricity and magnetism course at Princeton University by telling my students that the material we will cover during the semester provides the basis for ...

Physicists have certainly achieved a lot, but many mysteries about the universe remain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M.

MINNEAPOLIS -- In a cavernous basement laboratory at the University of Minnesota, Thomas Stoffregen thrusts another unwitting study subject -- well, me -- into the "moving room." The chamber has a ...