Everyone loves clouds. Although they are gigantic and beyond our reach, they inspire us with their wide variety of shapes. I mean, who hasn't played the game of guessing what a cloud looks like? Of ...

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In part I of this post, I talked about the basics of projectile motion with no air resistance. Also in that post, I showed that (without air resistance) the angle to throw a ball for maximum range is ...

Unspeakable and his friends attempt to escape a massive structure packed with thousands of layers of lightweight foam, turning a goofy challenge into a real-world physics experiment. As they carve ...