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 ...

It’s been demonstrated since the 1500s that, when falling toward a certain body, objects fall at the same rate. Everyone from Galileo in Pisa to David Scott on the moon demonstrated that. But what if ...

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 ...

One of the more memorable student course evaluations I've gotten in my years at Union was from a student in the introductory physics-for-engineers course who complained "They abstracted away all the ...