In this video, we explain the capstan equation and how friction affects a rope or string wrapped around a surface. You’ll learn where the equation comes from, what each term means, and how it’s ...

As the year winds down, there is a quiet pause that sneaks in between the rush of deadlines, parties and holidays. It is the moment when you finally exhale and ask yourself how you really feel about ...

Spoiler alert! The following contains details from "Stranger Things" Season 5, Episode 6, "Escape from Camazotz." Have we heard Kate Bush's "Running Up that Hill" on "Stranger Things" for the last ...

UK Board has released the Class 11 Physics Syllabus 2025-26 detailing the essential curriculum for students transitioning to senior secondary science. This syllabus, a critical resource for ...

AT&T and SpaceX were both spectral beneficiaries of EchoStar’s recent exit from the commercial cellular space, but the CEO of the former remains non-plussed by the ability of latter to become a ...

In 1924, the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin unleashed its divide-and-rule policy to ethnically divide the Fergana Valley among the Uzbek Socialist Soviet Republic and the Kara-Kirgiz Autonomous ...

So Oh. Yeah. Yeah. This is all about having combining the engineering design process and the physics theory. It uses impulse momentum, Newton's laws of motion, and kinematics, which is what they've ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

A bipartisan resolution in the Illinois Senate could bring more awareness and education to state schools that would increase the knowledge and understanding of students with special needs. The ...

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At 33, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics. I’m not a great mathematician, but the physics concepts were easy to get because so many of them were analogous to life. Research suggests that ...