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4 votes
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When you make a mathematical knot using elastic material you get jumping loops, and challenging puzzles
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How the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird works
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Why it’s so challenging to land upright on the Moon
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Airfoil
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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea
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Astronomers accidentally discover dark primordial galaxy without stars
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Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the cosmic microwave background, has died age 90
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Watch gravity pull two metal balls together
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The origin of mysterious green ‘ghosts’ in the sky has been discovered
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Why railroad tracks don't need expansion joints
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Does anyone have recommendations for physics simulation software? (E.g. Algodoo, Simulo, Physion, etc.)
I just got into watching physics simulation videos on youtube, stuff like marble races, marble battles, Multiply Or Release, and various other simulation content. Absolutely enthralling stuff for...
I just got into watching physics simulation videos on youtube, stuff like marble races, marble battles, Multiply Or Release, and various other simulation content. Absolutely enthralling stuff for someone like me who enjoys simply watching an environment do its thing.
I wanted to get into making my own sims/scenarios and was wondering if you all on tildes had some recommendations. I've been trying algodoo and it seems very nice but I've heard its mostly abandonware and theres some features I find lacking. So I wanted to look into options for my little tinkering. I understand that there may not be a perfect one but I'd love to have some options to try and tinker in, and my research has led me to lots of them that seem at first look to be purely for academic purposes.
To crystallize my desires into a definite paragraph:
I'm looking for physics sim software recommendations to make my own marble races and other simulated 'games'. I don't mind having to learn it from scratch(including scripting language). I dont care if its paid or free. Ease of use is great but Non-essential since it can likely be learned over time. Preferrably not abandonware, or at least feature-rich if development has been completed. and lastly, performance is definitely important since I'll likely be building some grand designs as I settle in.15 votes -
If you try to pass a bouncy ball under a table, if it hits the underside of the table it will just bounce back out the way it came
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The achievement of gender parity in a large astrophysics research centre
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Vanishing act for water waves - Perfect absorption cavity could protect coastlines
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The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded rattled Earth's atmosphere
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Something weird happens when you keep squeezing
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Unzicker's "Real Physics": on dangers of Youtube physicists
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The insane engineering of the F-16
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Earth is hiding another planet deep inside
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Why the empty atom picture misunderstands quantum theory
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All objects and some questions
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The mathematician who sculpted the shape of space - obituary for Eugenio Calabi
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UK's nuclear fusion site (JET) ends experiments after forty years
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Attosecond lasers explained (2023 Nobel Prize in physics)
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2023 Nobel Prize – This year's Nobel Prize announcements will take place between 2nd - 9th October 2023
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Quantum Computing Since Democritus
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Physicists who explored tiny glimpses of time win Nobel Prize
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ALPHA experiment at CERN observes the influence of gravity on antimatter
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The plot of all objects in the universe
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This "perpetual motion" device is really clever
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The physics of tossing fried rice
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Why are adverts so loud?
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Searching for dark matter with the world's most sensitive radio
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The golf ball paradox
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Should airships make a comeback?
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How far can you jump from a swing?
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What does any of this have to do with physics?
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XRISM will be launching Sunday, Aug 27 at 8:26pm, EDT (Aug 28, 0:26:22 UTC)
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How a Harvard professor became the world’s leading alien hunter
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To predict future sea level rise, we need accurate maps of the world's most remote fjords in Greenland and Antarctica
8 votes -
National Ignition Facility fusion societal energy hype
19 votes -
US scientists repeat fusion ignition breakthrough for 2nd time
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Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory in search of new physics
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Wobbling muon experiment could reveal a fifth force of nature — if the results hold up
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Butterfly-inspired films create vibrant colors while passively cooling objects
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Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock
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The blue flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project
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Faced with scrap material inside a particle accelerator, physicists used a ferret to try to solve the problem
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Researchers find ancient high-energy impacts could have fueled Venus’s volcanism
12 votes