PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Sometimes, physics seems weird, and our experiment today is no different. Let's perform the experiment first, then we'll explain. This experiment is an easy one, too. All you need ...

The Archimedes principle, attributing buoyant force to fluid displacement, sparked Brenden Sener's curiosity, leading him to recreate Archimedes' death-ray for his school's science fair. Using ...

One of the oldest genuine physical laws, and one of the few that most children learn, is the principle adduced in the third century BC by Archimedes of Syracuse. In his treatise On Floating Bodies he ...

One day, in the 3rd Century BC, King Hiero II of Syracuse, Sicily, summoned Archimedes—a young, Greek physicist and mathematician, donning a long, flowing, white beard—to verify that his new crown was ...