Simple machines can be found almost anywhere from seventeenth-century water powered mills, to modern day construction sites. Once you know what to look for you’ll be surprised at how many simple ...

Discusses the principles of levers, a type of simple machine that helps lift heavy loads by changing the direction or magnitude of force applied. It explains how the position of the fulcrum affects ...

Explore the simple machines behind Buffalo’s grain elevators and the physics that power them. Buffalo’s grain elevators changed the world! In this episode of Compact Science we uncover how a local ...