Tagged: physics

The Physics of How Bikes Stay Upright

We still don’t really know how bicycles work… The first bicycles were invented, not through any kind of scientific procedure, but by dumb old trial and error. Even modern bike design schools admit that it’s not engineering...

Why Neutrinos Matter

Elementary particles are the smallest known building blocks in the universe—and the neutrino is one of the smallest of the small. These tiny neutrinos can tell us about the furthest reaches and most extreme environments of the universe … but only if we can catch them.