The fantastic feats of comic-book superheroes are useful for teaching physics, James Kakalios of the University of Minnesota told the American Physical Society meeting in Austin, Texas, last week.

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 ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. Physics in games has become one of the most critical parts of the ...

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 ...

Notre Dame’s College of Science will hold its fifth annual Christmas Lecture at The Bendix Arena at The Century Center from 6 ...

Matt Demers is a Toronto writer that deals primarily in the area of Android, comics and other nerdy pursuits. You can find his work on Twitter and sites across the Internet. Let's say you've got a ...

Physics can be intimidating, but educators on the Physics Bus are trying to change that. By making students’ first exposure to physics fun, they hope to spark a curiosity that will last a lifetime.

This past weekend was the open beta test for Ubisoft's open world Ghost Recon: Wildlands and like a lot of open-world games, it's filled with ragdoll physics and terrible driving. The physics thing ...

Messing around with hand-tracking is really fun the first couple times you try it, and seeing my twiddling fingers represented in VR really served up some of the first ‘wow’ moments for me. Despite ...

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 ...