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How to Use Physics to Tell If That Steph Curry Video Is Real

[ad_1] A few weeks ago, Sports Illustrated tweeted this video of Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry that instantly…

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The Physics of Smashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid

[ad_1] There are a couple of things to notice. First, after the collision DART is moving backwards, because it bounced.…

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Could Climate Change Alter the Length of the Day?

[ad_1] Let’s consider an example with an imaginary planet. In this solar system, the planet completes one orbit around its…

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How Many Peanut Butter Sandwiches Does It Take to Fuel a Hulk?

[ad_1] Superheroes do superhero things: They jump, punch stuff, run fast, and sometimes shoot beams out of their eyes. These…

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How Realistic Is the Celestial Navigation in Moon Knight?

[ad_1] Our planet also changes positions. In six months, the Earth will go from one side of the sun to…

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The Physics of Wile E. Coyote’s 10 Billion-Volt Electromagnet

[ad_1] I like to analyze the physics of science fiction, and so I’m going to argue that the Merrie Melodies…

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The World Is Messy. Idealizations Make the Physics Simple

[ad_1] Sometimes the universe is just too complicated to analyze. Heck, if you take a tennis ball and toss it…

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Can Your Gravitational Pull Affect Your Game of Pool?

[ad_1] Think of this plot in terms of area. The area on the graph covered by the blue data (to…

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Gymnasts Make the Wolf Turn Look Easy. Physics Shows It’s Not

[ad_1] Yes, this is just an image—but it’s really balanced. If you run the code, you can see that it…

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How Did People Find the Fundamental Charge With Drops of Oil?

[ad_1] Right now, you can probably just ask your smartphone to tell you the charge of a single electron—the fundamental…

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