It is that FIRST Robotics competition time of the year. Basically, in FIRST, high school students work in teams to build robots that compete in specific tasks. Apparently, this year a task involves ...

When the soccer video game FIFA 14 went on sale this week, it boasted a ball that, at long last, could sail smartly through the air. In earlier versions of the game, unless the ball was kicked long ...

One of the many awesome things about physics is you can study it anywhere. I’ll prove it with a fun problem that involves a cart and a ball. Not just any cart, but a cart that rolls along a table and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. Late last summer, I did a post about backspin on basketball shots, and ...

[Herman Erlichson was a physicist and a historian of science (he had Ph.D.s in both). He was also an avid golfer - and my uncle. He passed away just over a year ago, and I've been wanting to write ...

If you’ve ever floated a ping-pong ball atop the warm blast from a hair dryer, you’ll appreciate this video that endeavors to explain the physics behind how the same phenomenon occurs with jets of ...

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