What Would Earth Be Like If It Was a Cube?
If Earth were a cube, how will the normal day seem like? Explore this with some intuitive thought experiments and find out if cube earth could support life.
Tagged: Gravity
Why Does a Bike Lean in a Turn?
When a professional racer approaches a steep turn, he/she leans almost to the ground to make the turn. Have you ever tried to analyze the physics behind this? Why is it so important for a...
How Gyroscopes Work? – an Intuitive Explanation
The physics involved in Gyroscopes could be very hard to comprehend at times and could even seem so unbelievable. Despite it defying the gravity, it also defies our intuition. The underlying physics is rather very...
What Are Zero Gravity and Microgravity, and What Are the Sources of Microgravity?
You might have heard the term ‘zero-g’ from most of the people when they talk about space and the International Space Station. By ‘zero-g’, they are technically referring to the weightless environment of the space...
