I have a tendency to collect things. All kinds of junk, material or immaterial.
Here is a collection I really like, a short compilation (to be updated frequently and appropriately) regarding the Physics of (something) where (something) can be a rocket, a chocolate or a superhero. Feel free to contribute your input in case not listed; I am sure there is a wealth of such info out there. Do not forget to include your link or source to provide credit (*)
Happy physics discoveries!
(201) Physics of…
- 69-degree intersection that kills cyclists [-link]
- absolutely everything [-link]
- adding cream to your coffee [-link]
- air resistance [-link]
- antibubbles [-link]
- ants [-link]
- arrow wobbling [-link]
- baking [-link] (via @BlackPhysicists)
- baking a good pizza [-link]
- balloons [-link][-link]
- ballpark fare [-link]
- banana kick [-link]
- barreled balls [-link]
- baseball [-link]
- beer [-link]
- bicycles [-link1] [-link2]
- biofilms [-link]
- boomerang [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- Boston Molasses Flood [-link]
- bouncing balls [-link]
- brain wrinkles [-link]
- bread [-link]
- breaking bricks with your hand [-link]
- Buster Keaton [-link]
- butter toast phenomenon [-link]
- caffeine [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)
- cancer [-link][-link]
- cat righting reflex [-link]
- causality [-link]
- chameleon spit [-link]
- champagne popping [-link]
- champions [-link]
- chemical gardens [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- chocolate [-link]
- chocolate fountains [-link]
- choking up [-link]
- Christmas [-link]
- climate change [-link]
- (and psychology of a) close play [-link]
- coffee spillage [-link]
- compact disc [-link]
- cooperative transport in groups [-link]
- cracking an egg [-link]
- crazy sleds [-link]
- CRP [-link]
- CT scans [-link]
- curling [-link]
- customer experience [-link]
- dandellion seed plume dispersal [-link]
- data [-link]
- deadly tsunami of molasses in Boston [-link]
- decision [-link]
- development and disease [-link]
- dropping out of a plane in an inflatable ball [-link]
- Dyson sphere [-link]
- earphone jack [-link]
- electric guitar strings [-link]
- energy [-link]
- epigenetics [-link][-link]
- everything [-link]
- exploding meteors [-link]
- falling cats [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- fast execution [-link]
- fat in croissants [-link]
- fidget spinner [-link]
- figure skating [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- fire ants turning into floating rafts [-link]
- fireworks [-link]
- firing a ball out of a moving cart [-link]
- fishing [-link]
- flying housewife high jump [-link]
- food [-link1][-link2]
- foodstuff [-link]
- football [-link]
- forbidden love [-link]
- Force [-link]
- frog tongues [-link]
- fungi [-link]
- galactic spin [-link]
- Guinness beer [-link]
- hearing [-link]
- hearing aids [-link]
- high-velocity gunshot wounds [-link]
- human decisions [-link]
- Hyperloop [-link]
- ice and snow [-link]
- ice bridges [-link]
- immigrants [-link]
- infrared stealth [-link]
- invisible box challenge [-link]
- jet noise [-link]
- juggling a spinning ping-pong ball [-link]
- jumping rope [-link]
- ketchup bottles [-link]
- kites [-link]
- knitting [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- knocking an asteroid to the sun [-link]
- knots [-link]
- knuckleballs [-link]
- lead guitar playing [-link]
- leap day [-link]
- learning [-link]
- LED [-link]
- levitron [-link]
- light and color [-link]
- making a snowman [-link] (thx to @sofiaphys)
- massive rogue waves [-link]
- mosh pits [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)
- MRI [-link]
- nearly killing yourself on a motorcycle [-link]
- nothing [-link1][-link2]
- ocean waves [-link]
- Olympics [-link]
- pancakes [-link] (via @BlackPhysicists)
- paragliding [-link]
- patient safety [-link]
- penguins [-link]
- perfect dive [-link]
- perfect pint of beer [-link]
- perfect pancakes [-link]
- phonebooks [-link]
- (human) physical contact [-link]
- plastic sheets [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- playing the guitar [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- playing the guitar visualized [-link]
- plumbing vents [-link]
- pole dancing -link]
- poo [-link]
- popcorn [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- powerlifting [-link]
- pulling a bike w/ a rubber band [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)
- quantum materials [-link]
- quiet supersonic jet design [-link]
- replay reviews [-link]
- restoration [-link]
- ribbon curling [-link]
- Rick and Morty [-link]
- rockets [-link]
- roller coasters [-link][-link]
- Ronaldo the phenomenon [-link]
- rowing [-link]
- rowing oars [-link]
- sailboats (in greek) [-link]
- sand [-link]
- Santa Claus [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)[-link2]
- screaming balloon [-link]
- shoelaces [-link]
- singing dunes [-link]
- skateboard ollie [-link]
- skiing [-link]
- skydiving [-link]
- sliding on ice [-link][-link2]
- sneeze [-link]
- soap bubble formation [-link]
- softball [-link]
- somersaulting [-link]
- song of the dunes [-link]
- Spiderman web wings [-link]
- spiraling football [-link]
- Star Wars -link
- Star Wars BB-8 [-link] (thx to@psaltistha)
- Star Wars weaponry [-link]
- stat errors [-link]
- sticky tape [-link]
- stone skipping [-link]
- stopping a meteor with one punch [-link]
- superheroes [-link]
- surfing [-link]
- synchrotron [-link]
- tennis [-link] (thx to @psaltistha)
- tennis ball spin [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)
- thawing a turkey fast [-link]
- theater lighting [-link]
- throwing a big sack over Trump’s beautiful wall [-link]
- throwing a starship off the cliff to make it fly [-link]
- toy geyser [-link]
- tracked vehicles [-link]
- traffic jams [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)
- tsunamis [-link]
- tuning forks [-link]
- umbrellas [-link]
- unicycling [-link]
- vacation [-link]
- vaccination [-link]
- vulnerability [-link]
- unicycling [-link]
- waves [-link]
- whiskey [-link]
- why a spinning egg stands up [-link]
- why bigger drones can fly longer [-link]
- why firing a gun into the air can kill someone [-link]
- why powerlines sag [-link]
- why valve amps sound better [-link]
- wildfires [-link]
- wind-shattered tree [-link] (thx to @hakala_mo)
- windsurfing [-link]
- wind safety for semi trailers [-link]
- winter driving [-link]
- winter Olympics triple axel [-link]
- wobbly suitcase [-link]
- zombies [-link]
You can submit your own “physics of…” links by sending me a note.
(*) Links and articles posted by @wired, @forbes, @PhysicsTweet and @BlackPhysicists @physorg are greatly acknowledged
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