The world's largest rainfall simulator, located in Sucuba, Japan, is a vital research facility used to study and prevent natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall, such as flooding and landslides. With 550 nozzles, it can simulate...

The video discusses a 2014 U.S. Physics Team exam question about the shape of a cable hanging from a helicopter flying horizontally. The experiment showed that when flying at a constant speed, the rope hangs diagonally to the left due to...

Verona Rupes, found on Uranus' moon Miranda, is 20km tall! But because Miranda is so small, and its gravity so weak, would you survive falling off it? Astrum answers!

The frictional force exerted on a moving object by air.
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Why using magnets, not wheels, allows this train to defy gravity and reach record speeds without an engine. Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. The Maglev train in China does not have an engine. Instead it uses...

If a skydiver jumps out of a plane, when will they stop accelerating? Competing physical forces hold the answer. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Terminal velocity is the maximum constant velocity. Terminal velocity increases with...

Friction can be friend or foe. What is friction, how does it affect our lives and how can we alter it? Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Friction is a resistive force between surfaces moving at different velocities. Friction is...

Explore the reasons why objects can keep moving on their own, and why most of them will eventually stop. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Momentum is how we quantify a moving object. Outside forces affect momentum. Momentum is...

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A Twig Tidbit Film - Big Reveal. The image zooms out from an extreme close-up to full frame. The children have to...

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Get ready to move with 'Forces and Motion,' where kids will learn how pushes and pulls make the world go 'round! It's a fast-paced adventure into the physics that powers our daily lives.

Explore the concepts of thrust and drag as crucial components of flight in aviation. Learn how engineers harness Newton's third law of motion to create forward propulsion through jet engines and propellers, while simultaneously...

Unpack the forces that propel rockets beyond Earth's atmosphere. This segment breaks down the concepts of thrust, weight, and drag, explaining their interplay in achieving successful rocket launches. Learn how engineers optimize rocket...

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This video covers: - What a resultant force is - What free body diagrams are - How to calculate the resultant force from a free body diagram - The idea of splitting up the forces into horizontal and vertical components General info: -...

Conduct a science project to improve airflow and reduce drag on your car.

You wake and suddenly you're no longer on the plane! But what are your chances and how do you increase your odds of surviving a fall from the cruising altitude of an airliner?

Join us as we explore the physics behind 'What goes up must come down!

The applications of hyperbolic trig | Why do we even care about these things?

This Paragraph Argument Short Answer question also works as a part of the AP Physics C: Mechanics curriculum.

Calculus based review of conversions, velocity, acceleration, instantaneous and average velocity and acceleration, uniformly accelerated motion, free fall and free fall graphs, component vectors, vector addition, unit vectors, relative...