Reddit’s r/cars served up a spicy physics refresher this week after one user asked a deceptively simple question: does the weight of a car affect the people inside it? The post quickly racked up votes ...

Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...

One of the most broadly applicable ideas I’ve ever encountered is the concept of impedance matching. If you’re into radio frequency electronics, you’re probably thinking that I mean getting all your ...

Students typically do not delve deeply into the science of mechanics until early college introductory physics and engineering courses. Teaching mechanics in these classes is no small task. To build ...

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 ...