If a bird is in a tree and decides to go explore somewhere else, it takes off and elegantly flies away. However, if we did the same thing we wouldn’t fly. We would fall straight to the ground! Birds ...

The air that is all around us is actually exerting a force on us due to the weight of the air above us. This is known as atmospheric pressure, which is about 14.7 lbs per square inch. Almost 300 years ...

Hypersonic speeds are defined by those exceeding Mach 5, and lately there’s been a lot of buzz about unmanned hypersonic vehicles making test flights. Vehicles returning from orbital flight also ...

Find out how Bernoulli's principle helps explain lift. Learn more about the properties of flight: https://howthingsfly.si.edu 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Spirit of St. Louis 0:18 - Air Foil 0:41 - Bernoulli's ...

Showing how a blast of air can make a coin jump into a cup! Explaining exactly how the speed of the air relates to its ...

There are two ways to generate downforce. One is with all manner of wings and spoilers on the surface of the vehicle. The other is with ground effects. One you can clearly see, the other remains ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) (SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, today unveiled a patented revolutionary new passenger airbag ...

South Burlington middle school teacher Greg Wolf has been doing demonstrations to illustrate scientific principles to his students for more than 30 years. But now, his interactive lessons are getting ...

On windy days the water in our toilet bowl rolls back and forth; the more wind, the more motion in the water. I could understand this if I was on a ship or at the top of the Empire State Building, but ...

An increase in the velocity of a fluid that is accompanied by a decrease of pressure. Swiss scientist, Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), demonstrated that, in most cases, the pressure in a liquid or gas ...