If you are a fan of the book Thinking Physics, you might like this episode of The Action Lab, in which the Action Man tests "the laws of physics to show what happens if you fire a bullet backwards and you are traveling at the same speed forward. Will the bullet just fall to the ground?"
What happens when you shoot a Nerf bullet backward while driving the bullet's speed
Scientists win 2022 Nobel Prize by proving that reality is not locally real
Physicists John Clauser, Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger have won the 2022 Nobel Prize for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science." What this means is that their work built on a 1964 paper by Northern Irish physicist John Stewart Bell, who was himself building on the… READ THE REST
Creating a Multi-Stage Ionic Thruster
Inspired by a MIT's 2018 ionic thrust airplane, Jay of the Plasma Channel wanted to see if he could create a next-generation design for an ionic thruster. Ionic thrust, aka electrohydrodynamic thrust, is the result of ionic wind, which is basically airflow forming around a DC electric field. The MIT design was based on the… READ THE REST
What happens to various types of automobile if you try to drive them over a frighteningly deep pit in a soft-body physics simulator
I can lose myself in BeamNG videos for minutes. (previously, previously) READ THE REST
Keep the wine flowing all holiday season long with this amazing boxed wine deal
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. 'Tis the season for festive activities like curling up by the fire to watch our favorite Christmas movies and attending plenty of holiday parties with our nearest and dearest. One thing many of… READ THE REST
Santa could make someone very happy with a 2-in-1 Lenovo Chromebook for $100
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. In a world where everything seems to be going up (we're looking at you, inflation), we're happy to say that we've dropped the price of this refurbished Lenovo 2-in-1 Chromebook to just $99.99! So… READ THE REST
The A-Frame e-bike by Bird is a commuter's dream, and it comes with free shipping
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Commuting is kind of the pits. There's no good way to sit in traffic or on an unsafe bus (and helicopters are out of the option, even if you're filthy rich.) If only there… READ THE REST
