I intend to talk about forces and force diagrams, but there is a more fundamental question to address first. What is a force? Most texts define it as a push or a pull. That really isn't a bad ...

For me, I say that if the force is essentially one of the 4 fundamental forces then it is "real". With this definition, centripetal force would be real and centrifugal not real.

NPR From the physics of g-force to weightlessness: How it feels to launch into space We kickoff our series Space Camp with a look at space launches. What does hurtling into space feel like? What ...

What is quantum physics? Put simply, it’s the physics that explains how everything works: the best description we have of the nature of the particles that make up matter and the forces with which they ...

Understanding this relationship between mass and force is crucial for grasping the fundamental concepts of motion in physics. By appreciating their roles, you can delve deeper into how objects ...

AI researchers receive the Nobel prize for physics The award, to Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, stretches the definition of the field ...