At the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped swinging for the first time since its installation in the 1970s. (Video, ...

This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics - not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to ...

For those who are feeling "stuck" or overwhelmed while striving for work-life balance, some experts recommend adopting a "pendulum lifestyle." Coined by Dr. Jeffrey Karp, Ph.D, a professor of ...

Many of us feel bombarded to perfectly balance work, relationships, self-care and more. But the honest reality is juggling all these aspects of life right; and doing it all, is, frankly, exhausting.

During Foucalt’s life it was already proven that the Earth rotated, thanks to experiments which showed that weights dropped from tall towers fell slightly to one side rather than straight down. This ...

Reaction wheels are useful things, typically used by satellites to keep themselves oriented the right way up in space. Turning the reaction wheel creates an equal and opposite torque in the spacecraft ...