In this post I derive the physics of pumping a swing and the physics of jumping from a swing. Then, using both pieces I compute the optimal strategy of jumping from a swing to maximize the traveled distance. I propose this game as a new Olympic sport.

A new interpretation of Isaac Newton’s writings clarifies what the father of classical mechanics meant in his first law of motion

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 goes to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓

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@MarkusDeserno: A lovely greeting to y'all! I have a new physics story I'd like to tell——about the relation between Statistical Physics and Quantum Mechanics! Or: why is Quantum Mechanics so in-your-face when it's c...…

In a hypothetical situation I'm still sitting in a coffee shop but a gravitational wave similar to the three reported by LIGO passes through me from behind. The source is much closer though, so thi...