Galileo discovered the language of nature. Einstein questioned the color of rainbows. Today's physicists ponder the vertical acceleration and horizontal velocity of an angry bird in flight. Cellphone ...

As I noted yesterday, one of the central features of condensed matter physics is the existence of band gaps, ranges of energy that no electron can possibly have inside a solid. This arises from the ...

If the Angry Birds have taught us one thing in their pig-bashing exploits, it's that what goes up must come down. It just so happens that this common knowledge is grounded in physics, the scientific ...

First it was the grapefruit, then the tomatoes. By the time Scranton Prep teacher Aaron Holzman stood up, his pants were splattered with pineapple and watermelon, too. On Thursday, with teachers ...

The Angry Birds have arrived … IN SPACE, still aimed toward exacting revenge on a cadre of bright green pigs who’ve waddled off with the birds’ eggs. The new game is set in microgravity, and the astro ...

It turns out that Angry Birds is more than just an incredibly popular, highly addicting video game. It seems that, used in the right way, it has legitimate educational value. In addition to Burk and ...

Move over "Angry Birds." Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is working on his own physics game starring our airborne avian friends. The beloved bow-tie-wearing scientist and TV personality has joined forces ...

Anybody who has played Angry Birds: Space knows that the physics have gotten a whole lot more complicated since the previous installment. For a brief overview, the big change is that gravity is no ...

A bird in laser goggles has helped scientists discover a new phenomenon in the physics of flight. To study the complex air currents produced by birds’ flapping wings, the researchers trained a Pacific ...