Back in the fall of 1989, I was a freshman at Williams College, and one Monday night that fall there was some sort of problem with the cable TV in our dorm, so a bunch of us went next door to watch ...

Back on Sunday, I devoted a "Football Physics" post to talking about erratic bouncing and an amazing rugby play where a ball popped up high at just the right moment. That's the sort of play that ...

There are so many real-world physics problems involved in running. Lots of physicists have been inspired, for instance, by the crazy-fast speeds of Usain Bolt. Just take a look at this paper, "On the ...