Usually when an amateur bowler toes the line in front of a lane and ten pins, they’re not thinking about much else besides hurling their ball so it hits its target head on. But the physics of the game ...

A bowling ball doesn’t seem dangerous until it’s traveling at 500mph. Fired from a custom-built cannon, the ball smashes through doors, car hoods, windshields, and mannequins with terrifying force.

This experiment answers a question no one needed to ask but everyone wants answered. Using a bowling ball cannon, the team tests how many trampolines it takes to stop an extreme-speed projectile. Even ...

Flotation is, well, a “simple” question of physics (an idea that’s flummoxed scores of physics students for centuries). Bowling balls seem heavy, and they are compared to other sports balls, which may ...