Have you ever seen a ping pong ball float in midair above a hair dryer? It may seem like a magic trick, but it’s actually a ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,093,882-week series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Dean Drive What it’s about: Newton’s Third Law Of Motion states that for every action, there is ...

Jam Handy Film. "Get Going" is an educational film that explains acceleration and motion using a mix of animation, real-world examples, and scientific principles. It begins with a cartoon of a sleepy ...

Starting with Newton’s first law of motion, we delve into how objects behave when they are at rest or in uniform motion. The second law unravels the relationship between mass, acceleration and ...

Newton's Laws of Motion is one of the reasons that Sir Isaac Newton is often considered the No. 1 scientist of all time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

For years, a fringe theory challenging Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion, known as Quantized Inertia (QI), has been used in an attempt to create a propellant-less engine. Now, the idea will get its ...

Human sperm cells and some microorganisms swim by deforming their bodies in a way that breaks Newton’s third law of motion – and we’re closer to understanding how they do it. The findings could ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask ...

A subtle mistranslation of Isaac Newton’s first law of motion that flew under the radar for three centuries is giving new insight into what the pioneering natural philosopher was thinking when he laid ...

Newton was even more ahead of his time than we imagined. Not only did he come up with the laws of motion, he also came up with the concept of sockpuppets centuries before the beginning of the internet ...

DIY Science Time is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

If you don't obey Newton's Laws, you won't have a good time. I’m sure you learned Newton’s three laws of motion in high school. I’m also pretty sure that after taking your last physics test, you ...