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What do large crowds of people and water have in common? They both act like fluids. A clear example of the fluid dynamics at play in crowds is the masses at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain.

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When Shohini Ghose was studying physics as a kid, she heard certain names repeated over and over. "Einstein, Newton, Schrodinger," she recalls. "They're all men." Ghose is a quantum physicist and a ...

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Experts see peer recognition as important to student success in physics, and a new study gives college-level physics instructors insight into how students perceive the message from their classmates ...

Discover why calculus is essential to truly understanding physics and how it unlocks the deeper meaning behind motion, forces, energy, and change. This video explains the close relationship between ...