It's a childhood toy that we have probably all seen - but watch it in slow-motion, and the Slinky appears to defy the laws of physics. Veritasium.org, a site which wants to share the wonders of ...

When you drop a Slinky, what falls to the ground first: the top, the bottom, or everything all at once? Derek Muller, who created the popular YouTube channel Veritasium, first took on this puzzling ...

What happens when your kids won’t give you a turn on the Wii? Simple. You take their LEGO bricks and their slinky and do some physics. I will keep this simple. Basically, I created a slinky holder out ...

You know the Slinky, but have you ever wondered how it walks down stairs, or why it appears to hang in midair when dropped? Scientists have peered into these phenomena for decades, but now a Princeton ...

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Mike Wheatland of the University of Sydney explains the gravity-defying physics of a falling Slinky. Mike Wheatland is an associate professor of physics at the ...

And now, for your Monday morning moment of zen, Slinkys in slow motion. Whether it’s dropped from eye level, or from the roof of a building, the bottom of a fully extended slinky will appear to hover ...

What happens if you hold a slinky at the top end, let it extend, and then drop it? Here’s a video setting up the problem: OK, so what do you think? Now watch this video to get the answer: Were you ...

(ISNS) — While holiday shoppers search frantically for the Moshi Monsters, LeapPad Explorers, or Lalaloopsy Silly Hair dolls atop their children's wish lists, many physicists remain engrossed in the ...

In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Sydney's Mike Wheatland examines the gravity-defying physics of a falling Slinky. Wheatland is an associate professor of physics at the University of ...

If you haven't seen any of Joerg's videos from The SlingShot Channel, you are really missing out. Joerg loves rubber bands and making awesome (and sometimes deadly) slingshots. In this video, he ...

(CBS News) It's kind of a slow day today out here on the Internet.I mean, it's hot outside, so everyone is feeling a bit lethargic. And Twitter keeps going down for some reason. So I'm going to take ...

Explore the phenomenon of acceleration due to gravity with the slinky collapse in this engaging science blog explanation. Were you correct? I'm proud to say I figured out what would happen, and even ...