WAAAAAYYY back when I was in middle school physics they had some programs on our school computer that let you build simple machines. We basically built Rube Goldberg machines in the simulator to test ...

In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, photograph, from left, Animas High School students Gus Kidd, 14, Vince Stowers, 14 and Joe Thomson, 15, demonstrate their Rube Goldberg machine that makes a simple ...

A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. In general, they can be defined as the simplest mechanisms that use mechanical advantage (also called ...

Physics, especially the part about forces and motion, often feels like a maze of confusing concepts and formulas. If you’ve ever stared at a problem about an object moving or a force acting and ...