Set up an intersection the wrong way, and an oncoming car can be completely blind to an approaching biker—with fatal consequences. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a5ea23288b9bb357f35be83/master/pass/bikehelmet-666782330.jpg
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The Morning Watch: Physics of ‘The Last Jedi’, Jack Black Performs ‘Everybody Polka’ & More
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, dig into the physics of a certain sequence […]
The Dark Matter Sleuth: Can She Solve the Greatest Mystery in Physics?
Tracy Slatyer picked up A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking’s seminal book on the origins of the universe, after reading a review that called it fascinating yet dense and cited a survey reporting that most people couldn’t get past page 30 or so. Slatyer finished the book in two weeks. She was 12 years […]
‘Mortal Engines’ Trailer: The Physics of Those Giant Driving Cities
You can’t see a giant rolling version of London and not calculate the heck out of it. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a4ea707613c5f61d4eb10f6/master/pass/mortalengines.jpg Feed: All Latest
The Physics of Plastic Sheets … and Their Invisible Force Fields?
Can fast-moving plastic sheets create an invisible wall? Maybe, maybe not. But you can definitely explore the electric effects of plastic on your own. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a4bdd0edd6e67710f587286/master/pass/plastictape-200019041-001.jpg Feed: All Latest
Physics Found Gravitational Waves. Now Come the Existential Questions
“What if there’s nothing? Then we learned, there is nothing.” https://media.wired.com/photos/5a34572d5b461c24af90575f/master/pass/blackhole-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
How to Run Up a Wall—With Physics!
This crazy parkour move, where a guy bounds up between two walls by jumping from one to the other, is based on the momentum principle and friction. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a3810cf718f5c5e6ece72a2/master/pass/wall-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Secret Link Uncovered Between Pure Math and Physics
An eminent mathematician reveals that his advances in the study of millennia-old mathematical questions owe to concepts derived from physics. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a29afc27ddf3c6b8cc41561/master/pass/MHK_2880x1620-2880×1620.jpg Feed: All Latest
The Physics of Projectile Motion With a Clicky Pen
The spring inside a clicky pen is a perfect way to learn about projectile motion. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a2f0d421b8a2f160a8dd554/master/pass/pen-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
The Physics of the Invisible Box Challenge
There’s no fooling gravity—but this trick makes it look like you can. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a288e7badd77b1dfdfea416/master/pass/cube-TAFA.jpg Feed: All Latest
