I don’t know who invented this crazy challenge, but the idea is to put someone in a carved-out ice bowl and see if they can get out. Check it out! The bowl is shaped like the inside of a sphere, so ...

Avoid common pitfalls when calculating work done by friction! This video highlights the most frequent mistakes students make, from misinterpreting frictional forces to applying formulas incorrectly.

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The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to ...

Energy efficiency in physics is not measured the way most people think about it. Instead of asking how much heat a process ...

To study fine touch, selecting samples based on how many mechanical instabilities they can form is more predictive than using the friction coefficient, which has been the default choice.

Sustained civil political engagement of the Nigerian electorate, ahead of next year's general elections has become an ...

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A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste.

The icy ballet of stone upon ice makes curling one of the most intriguing sports of the Winter Olympics. But scientists still ...

Molecular dynamics simulations yield thermodynamic and time-dependent behavior, elucidating the role of intrinsically ...

PREMIUM TIMES saw the clinical report and MRI scan issued shortly after the activist's rough-handling and detention by the police.Human rights activist Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Soweto, has ...