Planning a Fourth of July getaway? Use less gas—and cut your emissions—by easing up on the pedal.
As World Cup action kicks off, we look at the physics of the beautiful game.
The multifarious methods we use to gather experimental data ultimately boil down to counting or comparing.
Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and receiver out of stuff you have at home—and explore the weirdness of wireless.
On Star Wars Day, we put to rest a question that has bedeviled sci-fi nerds for years.
Weirdly, spaceships have no direct way to gauge their own speed. Luckily, we can use some physics tricks to figure it out.
That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.
Who needs a supercomputer when you can calculate pi with a box of sewing needles?
For railroads, it’s all about managing static and kinetic friction.
Massive data centers for generative AI are bad for the Earth. How about launching them into orbit?