Foucault’s pendulum experiment led to an increase in the public’s interest in both real-life science and science fiction.

How do skateboarders seemingly defy gravity? How do gymnasts flip in the air? They have skill — and, as a Times interactive explored, an understanding of the laws of motion, physics and energy. By ...

Strato of Lampsacus defied assumptions by testing air pressure and motion, nearly 2,000 years before Galileo revolutionized physics.

Scientists have directly watched angular momentum move through a crystal for the very first time — and discovered a bizarre ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Zero-point energy is one of the most intriguing phenomena of quantum mechanics. Because quantum particles are also waves, they must always have more than zero energy.

NASA astronaut performs Filipino students’ zero‑gravity experiment.

A team of researchers report a mechanical response across a layered magnetic material tied to changing its electron spin. This response could have important applications in nanodevices requiring ultra ...