Bursting balloons is good fun, but there is also some fascinating physics lurking in how the fabric of the balloon is ripped apart. Two physicists in France have studied the bursting process using a ...

The ultimate goal to making virtual reality feel more like reality is letting users physically touch non-existent objects in a VR world. Until we figure out the technology behind Star Trek’s Holodecks ...

This project is all about the sound of science. Using a balloon and some carbon dioxide, teens can create their own sound-amplifying apparatuses (as if the music they listen to weren’t loud enough).

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THE rips that tear through a rubber balloon when it is popped travel faster than the speed of sound in rubber, creating waves similar to the sonic boom made by an aircraft when it breaks the sound ...