Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much more ...

imple machines help us change the amount of force or the direction of the force needed to move an object. Find out how by learning more about levers. Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham ...

Explore the simple machines behind Buffalo’s grain elevators and the physics that power them. Buffalo’s grain elevators changed the world! In this episode of Compact Science we uncover how a local ...