Like most high schoolers in an intro to physics class, Dan Hoek heard the legendary tale of Isaac Newton and the apple. Here's how the story goes. While resting beneath a tree, Newton watched an apple ...

Scientists have developed a new theory to explain how systems like bird flocks exhibit non-reciprocal interactions, seemingly ...

A columnist recalls planting poplar trees 50 years ago and how removing them inspired a personal twist on Newton’s third law.

'Unchanging motion' is when the body is at rest or is moving with a steady speed in a straight line. Balanced forces are responsible for unchanging motion. Balanced forces are forces where the effect ...

The story of Isaac Newton's life. He discovered gravity, and the laws of motion that underpin much of modern physics. Yet he ...