You're sitting in physics class, working on a traditional problem involving forces and acceleration, when you start to wonder where these terms even came from. Were they just dreamed up to bring ...

Why is pancake syrup an example of a resistive force? Some forces are called contact forces because they require objects to touch. One is tension force, found in stretched wires. Another is the force ...

Gravity is the force of action between two objects. It’s called a natural force because it acts at a distance rather than needing to be in contact. Gravity is the force that holds us down on Earth and ...

A judge has denied the Los Angeles Police Department’s emergency motion asking to lift an injunction that restricts the use ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is moving ahead with previously announced plans to stand up a four-star U.S. Space Command as part of a broader effort to reorganize military space forces, Defense ...

In their emergency motion filed Wednesday, lawyers for the police department argued that instead of restricting the use of ...

Above: An ice shove on Mille Lacs Lake sent huge chunks of ice into the backyard and a house in Isle, Minnesota, on Monday, April 20, 2020. (SCV/Doug Kiesling) I remember the first time I experienced ...