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Gravity-Powered Trebuchet Breaks Sound Barrier

A 3:1 pulley and a carbon-fiber throwing arm converted more drop energy into rotational speed to push a 4-gram projectile past the speed of sound.

Physics Explains Why the Poo Emoji Matches Nature’s Shape

Curiosity Shakes Free Stuck Martian Rock From Its Drill

Ford’s Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 Sets EV Quarter-Mile Record at 6.87 Seconds

Study Finds Lithium Dendrite Pressure Cracks Ceramic Electrolytes in Solid-State Batteries

Study Quantifies Spinal Mechanics That Let Cats Land on Their Feet

Supersonic Cracks in Tape Launch Tiny Shockwaves, Solving the Screech Mystery

Nature Study Reveals Supersonic Slip Pulses Drive Sneaker Squeaks

URV Researchers Turn Vortex Vibrations Into Power With Simple Pendulum Device

Physicists Explain Golf’s Lip-Outs, Mapping When Putts Pop Back Out

PNAS Study Finds Soft Coral Uses Natural Jamming to Switch From Flexible to Rigid

Peer-Reviewed Study Says Rapa Nui’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright Into Place

Lantern-Inspired Polymer Meta-Unit Rapidly Snaps Into Dozens of Shapes

Peer-Reviewed Study Shows Easter Island’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright With Ropes

How Ford Builds the Mustang GTD — And What Early Drives Show

First Real-Time 3D View Shows How Hydrogen Alters Stainless Steel Defects

Sunlight-Powered Flyers Levitate in Lab Under Mesospheric Conditions

Apollo 16 Samples Show Solar Wind Erodes Moon Surface Ten Times Less Than Expected

Intercellular Fluid Flow Is Key to Tissue Deformation, MIT Study Finds