College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...

Elwood Schapansky knows how to use his hands. A retired physics professor, carpenter and former bush pilot in Alaska, Schapansky’s first thought when he needs something isn’t to buy it. It’s to make ...

Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS Mornings." She specializes in covering live events and exclusive interviews for the show. Analisa is a United States ...

Was that awesome video real or fake? How could you tell? Well, from a physics perspective there are at least three methods to use in an analysis that will tell us if a video is fake. When you think of ...

Microsoft Surface developers have created several different physics simulators based on the applications they are working on, and naturally some are more realistic that others. I’ve watched a few ...

Scientists are taking aim at the physics of rubber band bombardments. Using high-speed video, researchers have analyzed what happens to a rubber band when it’s launched from a thumb. The results offer ...

Here’s a problem for keen students of classical mechanics: how can a skateboarder cause their board to leap into the air by pressing down on it with their feet? What I’ve described is a trick called ...

Back in May, the gameplay clip that had everyone talking was of a lava bridge in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Developers were impressed by the game’s robust physics engine, noting that ...