Avoid common pitfalls when calculating work done by friction! This video highlights the most frequent mistakes students make, from misinterpreting frictional forces to applying formulas incorrectly.

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The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

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Explore the causes and implications of below full employment equilibrium, where short-run GDP falls below potential output, leading to resource underutilization.

One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely ...

Recently, The Legend of Zelda has been a popular title. The Nintendo franchise has been going on since the 80s, and is set to receive a film adaptation very, very soon. The hype train has already ...

The icy ballet of stone upon ice makes curling one of the most intriguing sports of the Winter Olympics. But scientists still ...

Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The ...

The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are ...

With their identification of negative velocity, scientists have made a physics-defying discovery about how cells move.