Messing around with hand-tracking is really fun the first couple times you try it, and seeing my twiddling fingers represented in VR really served up some of the first ‘wow’ moments for me. Despite ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. Physics in games has become one of the most critical parts of the ...

Staff photos / David Skolnick Brad Burgoyne, left, and Quinlan Bulick, Poland Seminary High School seniors, stack folded index cards to build a house of cards at the Youngstown State University’s ...

Don’t tell anyone, but we have a soft spot for brainy but hilarious humor. When you take genuinely funny content and then add a big dollop of science on top of it, you get something really special.

Let’s face it — for the average person, math and formulas are not the most attractive side of physics. The fun is in the hands-on learning, the lab work, the live action demonstrations of Mother ...

PUMPKINS IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE. IT’S AN EXPERIMENT THAT’S DRAWN HALLOWEEN AND PHYSICS FANS ALIKE TO THE CAMPUS. CALEB CALIFANO WAS THERE TO WITNESS THE PROJECT THAT REQUIRED QUITE A CLEANUP AFTER.

Statepoint When many of us think of physics, we think of high-level science courses taught in high school and college. The truth is that not only can you teach your child the basic principles of this ...

Oh, sure, you’ve seen a watermelon dropped from a balcony onto a trampoline. But what happens when you drop a car from a high tower onto a trampoline? That’s a whole new level of physics fun, and it’s ...

Usually when an amateur bowler toes the line in front of a lane and ten pins, they’re not thinking about much else besides hurling their ball so it hits its target head on. But the physics of the game ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago will give a talk on “One-way quantum interactions for fun and profit.” Abstract: The ...