Tag Archives: Forces

Brian Cox visits the world’s biggest vacuum chamber

Brian Cox visits NASA’s Space Power Facility in Ohio to see what happens when a bowling ball and a feather are dropped together under the conditions of outer space.

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Forces & motion quiz

Registered users can complete the Forces and motion task with 20 multiple choice questions.

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Vsauce – What If The Earth Stopped Spinning?

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VSauce – What If Everyone JUMPED At Once?

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Veritasium – Anti-Gravity Wheel?

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Col John Stapp Takes a Lot of G’s

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If superpowers were real…….

What if invisibility wasn’t just the stuff of epic comic book stories? Is it scientifically possible to be invisible? In this series, Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be to us mere mortals. … Continue reading

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Circular Motion – The Wall Of Death

For shear terror, you have to watch this clip from the Diamond Maruti Car Circus in Delhi So how does a car drive around in a horizontal circle? Well for a start, friction is needed to keep the car form … Continue reading

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Circular motion – looping the loop

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Minute Physics – VomitPhysics! Physics of Fiction

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