While weight and mass might affect how fast an objects falls, moment of inertia is the key to speed today! Much like a figure skater pulling their limbs in to speed up a spin, the more mass an object ...

When you think of space missions, you might think of humans walking on the moon or rovers rolling around on Mars. But there's a whole bunch of other awesome space missions too. One of these events was ...

Gymnastics is an extremely difficult sport, but some people make it look easy. Step forward Simone Biles, who hit a Yurchenko double pike—considered the “hardest vault in the world”—during the ...

Bring up the subject of time, torque, and inertia with a mechanical engineer, and his or her eyes are likely to light up. Most engineers, during their undergraduate career, get a firm grounding in ...