Elwood Schapansky knows how to use his hands. A retired physics professor, carpenter and former bush pilot in Alaska, Schapansky’s first thought when he needs something isn’t to buy it. It’s to make ...

Dive into a fun and surprising physics analysis as we examine the iconic escape pod from Star Wars IV—and uncover a hilarious revelation: it was actually shaped like a KFC bucket! In this video, we ...

College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Video game physics are something that we often take for granted. If you make your avatar jump, you expect it to come down and not go shooting off into space. Although, if you have played Skyrim long ...