Back on Sunday, I devoted a "Football Physics" post to talking about erratic bouncing and an amazing rugby play where a ball popped up high at just the right moment. That's the sort of play that ...

There are so many real-world physics problems involved in running. Lots of physicists have been inspired, for instance, by the crazy-fast speeds of Usain Bolt. Just take a look at this paper, "On the ...

It all started when a Ukrainian programmer and aspiring rapper dropped a handful of hydrogel balls on his piping-hot pancake griddle. The beads, used by gardeners to hydrate plants because they're ...

As much as I want to tell you, I can’t spoil the ending to Bounce, a VR physics puzzle that launched in November. It is pure creative genius, cackling at you as you stumble through its puzzles to ...