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Surface Science: Where Does a Basketball Bounce Best? - Scientific ...

May 1, 2014 ... Energy Gravity Physics Sports Introduction Playing basketball can be ... Playing a game of basketball can be great exercise, and one part of ...

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The High-Speed Physics of Olympic Sledding, Explained - Scientific ...

Feb 8, 2022 ... Gravity and energy. Gravity is what powers the sleds down the ice-covered tracks in bobsled, luge and skeleton events. The big-picture physics ...

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Zero-sum game | Nature Physics

Dec 1, 2016 ... Things may soon get trickier, as climate change may bring heightened conflict over energy and other resources, and as dramatic political ...

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Take Me Out of the Ball Game: When Physics and Physiology ...

Aug 1, 2010 ... In that scenario, much of the ball's energy of motion would have been ... (The only man killed playing major league baseball is Cleveland ...

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Video Gamers Use as Much Energy as San Diego - Scientific ...

Dec 17, 2010 ... When playing the same video game, Nintendo's Wii system uses a sixth of the power of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3, according to ...

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Build a Catapult - Scientific American

Jan 21, 2016 ... Physics Engineering Elastic potential energy. Projectile motion ... Extra: Build several catapults and play a game with your friends.

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Want cheaper nuclear energy? Turn the design process into a game ...

Dec 17, 2020 ... Nuclear energy provides more carbon-free electricity in the United States than solar and wind combined, making it a key player in the fight ...

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Researchers Use Quantum 'Telepathy' to Win an 'Impossible' Game ...

Oct 25, 2022 ... To win at the card game of bridge, which is played between two sets of ... into two of photons lower energy with correlated angular momenta.

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Books in brief

Europe's high-energy physics lab near Geneva, Switzerland. Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of ... Games and play are thus powerful tools for socialization.

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Energetic 2-Ball Bounces - Scientific American

Apr 13, 2017 ... Physics Energy Collisions. Introduction How many ball sports can you name? How many of those have several balls at once in the game?

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AI-Generated Project Ideas

  1. Design and build a kinetic energy powered pinball machine that demonstrates the laws of motion
  2. Create a physics-based computer game that explores the concept of gravity and orbits
  3. Investigate the energy efficiency of various types of light bulbs and present your findings
  4. Design and test a cardboard boat powered solely by solar energy
  1. Create a physics-based video game where the player uses energy conservation principles to solve puzzles.
  2. Build a DIY renewable energy device, like a wind turbine or solar panel, that can power a small toy or game.
  3. Conduct an experiment to determine how different types of light affect the performance of solar cells.
  4. Design a board game that teaches players about the properties of different forms of energy, such as potential energy, kinetic energy, and thermal energy.