What Actually Happens If You Shoot a Ball at a Newton’s Cradle?
In a recent video, the Slo Mo Guys fired at the clicky-clacky desk toy with a superhigh-speed ball. It looks pretty cool—and the physics are even cooler......»»
Q&A: Philosophy meets physics—professor uncovers hidden truth about Newton"s 300-year old law
Like most high schoolers in an intro to physics class, Dan Hoek heard the legendary tale of Isaac Newton and the apple......»»
Crumpled sheets reveal a mechanism for glassy relaxations
We often crumple a scrap piece of paper into a ball before throwing it. This mundane action, however, creates a unique complex system with surprising mechanical properties. Take a thin plastic sheet such as cellophane and try it yourself. While a reg.....»»
Legend of Zelda: Nintendo, Sony making live-action movie of classic video game
Nintendo and Sony are teaming up, with Shigeru Miyamoto, Avi Arad and Wes Ball at the helm......»»
How Apple"s iPhone 15 Pro Max captured the "Scary Fast" Apple Event
Apple shares a behind-the-scenes look at how it used the iPhone 15 Max to shoot the footage used in its October 30 Apple Event.Image Credit: AppleApple utilized its recently released iPhone 15 Pro Max with a new USB-C connector as the primary camera.....»»
Poison expert allegedly poisoned wife—with a shockingly toxic gout drug
Colchicine is centuries old, but the line between toxic and nontoxic is still blurry. Enlarge / Ball-and-stick model of the colchicine molecule. (credit: Wikimedia | Ben Mills) A Minnesota doctor who had worked for a poi.....»»
"Ted Lasso" returns -- as a Barbie doll
Mattel has launched a series of Barbie dolls, celebrating the Apple TV+ hit with the Ted action figuring coming with accessories including a soccer ball.A boxed-up "Ted Lasso" Barbie doll may be just kenough for a great Christmas presentFrom being th.....»»
Photon Camera app lets you shoot photos to external drives with iPhone 15 Pro
Photon Camera for iPhone comes from the makers of the popular Camera+ and is an advanced app that gives users full manual control. Now for iPhone 15 Pro, Photon Camera has delivered the ability to shoot images directly to external storage over USB-C......»»
Vectorial spin-orbital Hall effect of light upon tight focusing and experimental observation in azopolymer films
A soccer player can kick a static ball on its side, forcing the ball to rotate and travel in an arc trajectory, left or right curved, depending on the ball's rotation sense. This requires skill/experience. And if the ball is not static but approaches.....»»
Want to watch the sun safely with a large group? disco ball
The upcoming solar eclipses and the current high sunspot activity means it's a great time to observe the sun. Eclipses also mean that large groups of people will be together to view these events. However, rule #1 for astronomy is to never look at the.....»»
PSA: Shooting iPhone 15 Pro video to an SSD won’t warn you if your cable is too slow
One of the new iPhone 15 Pro features is somewhat niche but incredibly useful to video enthusiasts using their iPhone as a B-camera or C-camera: You can shoot directly to an SSD. But a reviewer learned of one problem the hard way: If your cable do.....»»
The Earth"s iron core isn"t just a solid mass
A new study by physicists discovers that the Earth's dense inner core is made up of constantly switching iron atoms. According to a new "holy grail" scientific discovery, the blazing-hot ball of metal at the center of the Earth's core is actual.....»»
Volvo CEO goes big to promote small crossover
The end product is only six minutes long, but it took Volvo CEO Jim Rowan six 12-hour days to shoot the film......»»
Thronmax Space wireless mic kit review: an almost-great option for vloggers & more
The Thronmax Space wireless mic kit includes a useful and well-designed pack of condenser and lavalier mics and accessories that drops the ball with no included support for Apple mobile devices.Thronmax has been making USB microphones for quite a whi.....»»
Memory-induced Magnus effect: Looking at the unexpected curveball in miniature
Whether you are familiar with the term "Magnus effect" or not, you have certainly seen it in action. It is when a spinning ball—for instance in football, cricket or baseball—bends away from its expected trajectory, often to the surprise of the op.....»»
Machine learning algorithms can find anomalous needles in cosmic haystacks
The face of astronomy is changing. Though narrow-field point-and-shoot astronomy still matters (JWST anyone?), large wide-field surveys promise to be the powerhouses of discovery in the coming decades, especially with the advent of machine learning......»»
Apple execs explain iPhone 15 Pro camera and why you’ll want to shoot 24MP photos
Ahead of the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro arriving to the first customers on September 22, Apple executives have shared some behind-the-scenes details on the new camera systems. That includes the company’s design approach, how the new 24MP default works pl.....»»
Researchers: If neutron stars have mountains, they should generate gravitational waves
A neutron star is 2 solar masses compressed into a ball only 12 kilometers wide. Its surface gravity is so immense it compresses atoms and molecules into raw nuclei and squeezes electrons into protons transforming them into neutrons. Given such immen.....»»
What happened to Earth in Starfield?
There are thousands of planets to explore in Starfield, but what about home? Can you visit Earth in the game and discover what happened to the once -blue ball?.....»»
New species of spiny mouse discovered in rainforest
A new species of spiny mouse has been discovered in Ecuador, making it the 14th of its genus to be identified in the past five years. Neacomys marci, which was previously confused with another species, is around the length of a tennis ball, with a lo.....»»
Two large cold fronts detected in the galaxy cluster Abell 3558
Astronomers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville have investigated the galaxy cluster Abell 3558 using ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft. In their results, they detected two large-scale sloshing cold fronts in the outskirts of this cluster. The fin.....»»