This is really a lab that I have students do, but I am pretty sure they don't read this blog - so it is ok. If they are reading this, hi! We have these projectile cannons that shoot small balls. In ...

A common refrain I am hearing from executives these days is that we have seen more change in the past six months than we have in the past six years. It is not just the magnitude of change; it is also ...

And that is absolutely 100% accurate, with no measurement errors. But Jack, I hear you say, what are you talking about? The reason we know that that's exactly the speed of light, is that we defined it ...

No boat is perfectly symmetric or at maximum/minimum tolerances when you first purchase it. The closer you can get it to perfect, the better it will sail. To begin, you need to take some accurate ...

There’s a simple way to measure the speed of sound. It’s low tech and unimpressive, but you get to blast an air horn. How many times can you say that you’re using one for science and not sheer ...