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Cute Mold

Posted on April 24, 2024 by admin

Have you ever wanted to evolve mold? Here, you can evolve mold. Created by erytau.

Bicycle

Posted on April 24, 2024 by admin

Long blog post about the physics behind bicycles. Full of interactives, and very cleanly done. Covers an absurd amount of mechanics. Created by Bartosz Ciechanowski.

Airfoil

Posted on April 24, 2024 by admin

A long interactive blog post about how a wing works, simulating the movement of air and pressure. The post gets into lots of related physics along the way.

States of Matter

Posted on April 24, 2024February 6, 2025 by admin

Investigating molecules bouncing around in a piston in various states of matter. Good thermodynamics simulations by PhET.

Interactive Molecular Dynamics

Posted on April 24, 2024February 6, 2025 by admin

Particle simulation that is great for exploring thermodynamics, or Newtonian mechanics, gas laws, etc. Created by Dan Schroeder.

Entropy Explained, With Sheep

Posted on April 24, 2024 by admin

Blog post about Entropy, full of interactive simulations. Written clearly and understandably, also with sheep. Created by Aatish Bhatia.

Sandboxels

Posted on April 17, 2024April 24, 2024 by admin

A simulation of falling sand and so much more, a surprising amount of physics built into this toy. Created by the R74n Collective.

Falstad Gas

Posted on April 17, 2024April 25, 2024 by admin

Particles bouncing around in a box, with lots of options for changing the setup. Includes thermodynamic quantities, too. Built by Falstad.

PBS Periodic Table

Posted on April 17, 2024April 24, 2024 by admin

An interactive periodic table by PBS media, which includes a little mystery game to match elements to their descriptions.

Star in a Box

Posted on April 11, 2024 by admin

Explore the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and how stars of various sizes evolve. Built by Jon Yardley, Stuart Lowe, Edward Gomez, Haley Gomez, and Chris North.

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