Reaction wheels are useful things, typically used by satellites to keep themselves oriented the right way up in space. Turning the reaction wheel creates an equal and opposite torque in the spacecraft ...

People use their bodies—not just their brains—to think. So the MIT Project on Embodied Education brings movement to the ...

This clip captures a large scale experiment involving 200 soccer balls released from the top of a ski jump. The focus is on speed, movement, and how the balls spread across the steep slope. The ...

The electoral pendulum orders seats from the most marginal to safest based on results of the last election. Click on the electorate name for a for a full profile of each electorate and its candidates.

A straight line can be drawn by joining two points plotted on a grid. The coordinates of the mid-point of the line and the length of the line can be calculated using the coordinate values. Before you ...

Increase your chances of success with innovation test-drives. by Stefan Thomke and Jim Manzi Soon after Ron Johnson left Apple to become the CEO of J.C. Penney, in 2011, his team implemented a bold ...

July 5, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami became so devastating. By drilling deeper ...

Plagiarism is unacknowledged copying or an attempt to misattribute original authorship, whether of ideas, text or results. As defined by the ORI (Office of Research Integrity), plagiarism can include, ...

Quartiles are the values that divide a data set into quarters: Put the values in order Divide the list into four equal parts The Quartiles are at the divisions The interquartile range shows the range ...

Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of ...