Let’s face it — for the average person, math and formulas are not the most attractive side of physics. The fun is in the hands-on learning, the lab work, the live action demonstrations of Mother ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. The highlight of the Great Escape trip wound up being their wave pool, ...

Oh, sure, you’ve seen a watermelon dropped from a balcony onto a trampoline. But what happens when you drop a car from a high tower onto a trampoline? That’s a whole new level of physics fun, and it’s ...

Strong brew A simple cup of tea can be used to illustrate a wide range of physics concepts. (Courtesy: iStock/Wirestock) There’s a lot of physics in a cup of tea. Compounds in the tea leaves start to ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Physics! Fun Create physics experiments with a wide variety of tools, from simple objects and particles to ragdolls and complex mechanical vehicles. Games ...

What goes up must come down. And what goes way, way up can come down way, way too fast to survive the sudden stop. That’s why [Tom Stanton] built an altitude recording projectile into an oversized ...

Physicist Paul Davies’s Quantum 2.0: The past, present and future of quantum physics ends on a beautiful note. “To be aware of the quantum world is to glimpse something of the majesty and elegance of ...

Physics is fun, or so the science popularizers like to claim. Anyone who is up all night writing a PhD thesis is likely to disagree, as will final-year undergraduates with exams on quantum mechanics ...

The expression “walking on water” typically describes doing the impossible or extraordinary task, or when someone exceeds their personal limitations and achieves dramatic success. For the past 15 ...