This car goes from 0-62 miles per hour (100kph) in 0.956 of a second. This is the classic acceleration test, one that we all grew up using to compare cars. A Formula 1 car will do it in about two and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 17:05

The executive desk toy is alright for about 25 seconds. But what if it went a little bit faster? Nothing that a compressed air cannon can't solve while Gav and Dan film it 4000 times slower than you can see. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 136 views • 12:17

I highly recommend listening to the song first, or at least the first half. As a drummer for 32 years (8 formally on actual drums / in public, the rest on available surfaces and arguably in rhythm games),... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 3 years 11 months ago • 500 views • 10:15

A lot of things happen on Earth, but there are still some things that just don't ever happen here. But, that doesn't mean that what's impossible here is impossible everywhere else in the universe. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 486 views • 7:24

YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 537 views • 4:36

You've probably spun around a coin for fun at some point, but this physics toy uses the physics of a spinning coin to keep spinning faster and faster for up to 2 minutes. As seen on The Big Bang Theory,... continue reading

YouTube description: What are racing lines and how do they make you faster? Why is the racing line not as simple as the shortest, fastest or easiest path through a turn? What is the karting line? What... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months ago • 852 views • 7:28

I was going to tell a science fiction story about faceswapping, and mass blackmail. Then the news broke about unethical faceswapping videos, and software designed and marketed for creating them: and I... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 1,251 views • 6:41

Concorde had a cruising speed of 2,179 kilometers or 1,354 miles per hour, which was Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound. A New York to London flight would only take 3 hours, therefore making it much... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 57 views • 2:58

Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 1,947 views • 6:44

YouTube: I came across these four physics puzzles over the years in discussions with Neil deGrasse Tyson (riddle 4: which part(s) of a moving train are going backwards with respect to the ground?), Simon... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months ago • 1,232 views • 4:24

YouTube: In almost every year since the 1960s, health care spending has grown at least as fast as the overall economy, and often much faster. Health economists have long debated why.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month ago • 49 views • 6:21

This is without a doubt the most entertaining A Capella Science song yet. The song assumes you already know about Crispr-Cas9, so it never actually explains that it's a targeted gene editing technique... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months ago • 498 views • 6:07

YouTube description: In something like water, particles like electrons can beat light in a race – and cause a blue glow to prove it. Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 341 views • 3:07

Are you? From YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqN_2jDVbOU "Geordie Rose, Founder of D-Wave (recent clients are Google and NASA) believes that the power of quantum computing is that we can... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 851 views • 19:38

Minute Physics looks at why, given that the Earth spins to the East, isn't it faster to fly West.

posted by RFlagg 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 360 views • 2:06

IFLScience: Still baffled by Einstein’s theory of relativity, or even the parts in the movie Interstellar when everyone experiences time differently? Well, this teenager’s explanation of special relativity... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,541 views • 7:34

Derek discusses how the universe is expanding faster than the speed of light. My brain hurts.

posted by nanrod 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 793 views • 5:46