WAAAAAYYY back when I was in middle school physics they had some programs on our school computer that let you build simple machines. We basically built Rube Goldberg machines in the simulator to test ...

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015 9:16 AM Updated Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 4:19 AM Families of freshmen at Animas High School have found it difficult to make breakfast during the last month or so. The students ...

Senior Cory Meyer incorporated a number of switches into his project, creating a machine that repeatedly hammered and then switched itself off. “He has a gift for the hands-on component of physics and ...

How do you explain the laws of physics to a toddler? A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently ...

Physics, particularly forces and motion, can be challenging. By observing everyday motion, conducting simple experiments, and understanding Newton's laws in plain language, the concepts become more ...

New research demonstrates that machine learning algorithms might play an important role in identifying different phases of condensed matter. A machine learning algorithm designed to teach computers ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Tuesday’s Google Doodle celebrates the 131st anniversary of the day Friedrich Soennecken filed a patent for what would soon become arguably the sleekest, most elegant example of applied physics known ...