Our motion perception is remarkably well tuned to detect small changes in speed and direction. For example, soccer goalkeepers need to precisely judge the speed, direction, and curvature of an ...

Like most real-world problems, physics can get very complicated. When a physicist considers the fate of this falling cockroach, their first step is to change the problem into something simpler. It's ...

We know “what goes up must come down.” But WHY? "Drop" in to find out! We know “what goes up must come down.” But WHY? Drop in to learn about the gravitational forces like acceleration and air ...

From the perspective of a distant observer, an object approaching a black hole's event horizon will appear increasingly redshifted due to gravitational effects on light. General relativity predicts ...

Seismometers over Los Angeles awakened on April 2, 2024, with unusual blips. An earthquake would have been a reasonable cause for the activity, but the signals didn’t appear along fault lines. The ...