In a nutshell, you can get the distances or the sizes right, but not both. Space is hard!

Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure under the car, automakers can dial the acceleration way up.

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

Yes, you really can climb a building by jumping back and forth between two opposing walls. Thank you, Isaac Newton.

Snell’s window is one of the coolest phenomena in the natural world. You’ve seen it, but do you know what causes it?

Even a little added weight and air drag can make a measurable difference. But WIRED’s physics guru says, if it makes you feel strong, go for it!

Calculating angular velocity and the moment of inertia isn’t quite as hard as competing in the 2024 summer Olympics gymnastics tournament—but it’s pretty darn tough.

Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air.

It’s hard to stay fit in low gravity. Here’s a simple solution, using Einsteinian physics and an old carnival stunt.