Because a pendulum's oscillation frequency depends on its length, not its mass, you can use different colored bowling balls for a pretty effect. By Francie Diep Published Sep 8, 2014 7:20 PM EDT Get ...

We’re used to seeing pendulum waves generated on tiny scaffolds with itty-bitty balls. But as this awesome demonstration points out, the same physics applies even at the largest scales. The key to ...

This pendulum wave contraption - made up of 16 bowling balls hanging from a giant wooden frame - sits in the grounds of a house in the mountains of North Carolina. As Maria Ikenberry, who uploaded the ...

We’ve seen several different balancing bot styles over the past few years, but this one is new to us. The BallP, short for Ball inverted Pendulum, balances on top of a ball. We’re not sure what the ...

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We are all familiar with the rhythmic swinging of the balls of a pendulum as displayed in Newton’s Cradle where balls are attached by a thin wire to a central point on a frame. Swing one ball, and the ...

Shiny metal balls swing hypnotically from museum ceilings worldwide, knocking over tiny objects arranged in a circle on the floor. These Foucault pendulums elegantly demonstrate that Earth is spinning ...

What happens when you drop a ball down a hole drilled through the center of the Earth? The answer might surprise you. Occasionally, when it's a slow news day, we wind up with holes in the show; gaps ...