As the name suggests, horizontal motion occurs when the object is thrown horizontally, meaning it starts with zero vertical velocity. The only force acting on the object is gravity, causing it to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Anyone who's ever taken a physics course has learned the same myth for ...

I wish Angry Birds had been around when I was teaching high school physics. Please don’t think of the game as a hate crime against hogs, or an avian anger management program—instead, think of it as a ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Target optimization First Light’s Machine 3 is employed to launch projectiles at the ultrahigh speeds required to test fusion targets. Its successor, Machine 4, will be used to create ignition – a ...

Back in October of last year, the United States Army completed a demonstration of the XM1155-SC guided projectile from an M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer. The round, which was developed by BAE ...