Curated Video
Are Roller Coasters Actually Good For Your Brain?
Roller coasters have the power to heal. Host Joe Hanson explores the world of coasters, exploring the safety protocols ride engineers consider in designing them and the impact they have on the human body. We learn about how the...
Curated Video
Factpack: G-Force
Chart G-Force up the scale, from standing still to the greatest G-force ever. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use to grab attention at the start...
Curated Video
Fighter Pilots: G-Force
Changes in acceleration pose an extreme risk for fighter pilots. Find out how they train to avoid blacking-out during flights. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Fighter pilots undergo training to allow them to cope with G-force....
Curated Video
NASA
Dr. Forrester explains the history of spaceflight and the space race between the United States and the USSR.
Debunked
What Are The Limits Of Human Ability?
How FAST can we RUN? How many Gs can we withstand? What’s the limit of human ENDURANCE? How much can we LIFT?
Debunked
4 Common Movie Myths About Space Debunked | Explosions, Speed, Sound and Asteroids.
Movies take a lot of dramatic license where science is concerned, but who's getting it all wrong on the silver screen. From the g-force you would suffer when achieving lightspeed to what a nuclear bomb would sound like in space we...
Flipping Physics
Number of g's or g-Forces Introduction
Description and examples of g-forces or number of g’s.
Bridgeman Arts
Red Arrows, 1969
Unique documentary film of the iconic RAF Red Arrows 1969 aerobatic display team. Exclusive access was granted to film the Red Arrows, at RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire, over the course of 2 days. It was shot on 16mm reversal film, as there...
Hearst Metrotone News
Scientist John Paul Stapp rides in a supersonic rocket for a G-force experiment.
Scientist John Paul Stapp rides in a supersonic rocket for a G-force experiment.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Snowboarding
Scientists explain the physics of snowboarding by talking about dynamic balance, gravity, force, kinetic energy, and potential energy. [4:08]