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 ...

Welcome to Python Physics Lesson 13, where we explore how two masses interact via a spring. In this lesson, we break down the physics of spring-mass systems and demonstrate how to simulate their ...

Dive into Python Physics Lesson 23 and discover what happens when approximations fail in dipole electric fields. In this lesson, we explore the limitations of common approximation methods in physics ...

Chances are the shelter-in-place orders taking effect nationwide have interrupted your kids’ schooling, and as a result, keeping them cooped up has made them destroy everything you once called “home,” ...

Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Phun, a free open-source, cross-platform 2D physics simulator, makes you want to pick up blocks, or maybe crayons, and learn more about the way things fall and move ...

A brief attempt to engage readers in the biggest questions of physics dwells on beauty and wonder In the early 1960s, famed physicist Richard Feynman developed a new lecture course for new ...

The Great Smoky Mountains are wonders of nature. Thanks to my kids, I get to experience them at times. My daughter used to have volleyball tournaments in Sevierville, Tennessee, and this weekend, the ...