WAAAAAYYY back when I was in middle school physics they had some programs on our school computer that let you build simple machines. We basically built Rube Goldberg machines in the simulator to test ...

In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, photograph, from left, Animas High School students Gus Kidd, 14, Vince Stowers, 14 and Joe Thomson, 15, demonstrate their Rube Goldberg machine that makes a simple ...

Are these machines possible without violating the laws of physics? No. A wheel that spins forever; a bird that never quenches its thirst; a clock that never stops ticking, an endless source of free ...

Physics, especially the part about forces and motion, often feels like a maze of confusing concepts and formulas. If you’ve ever stared at a problem about an object moving or a force acting and ...