Watching, modeling and even playing winter sports help students internalize physics concepts, including acceleration, momentum and friction.
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What if a robot could show us how the brain represents space and time to keep us balanced?
Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its orbit around the Sun at 67,000 mph? Here’s why you don’t feel all that motion.
Detecting and tracking motion is key to survival. The ability to extract auditory information from a noisy environment changes when your brain isn’t wired to rely on vision.
A centuries-old experiment shows the differences between classical and modern physics. Physicists use thought experiments like this to think about how objects move both on Earth and in the stars.
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