A scandal involving allegedly enlarged ski suits ahead of this year’s Winter Olympics has highlighted the intriguing physics ...

The skintight suits skiers wear are not for aesthetics; they help control the physics of air. Loose fabric increases drag and ...

All of the sports at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortino involve some physics in action. For figure skating, ski jumping ...

Whether diving off docks, cannonballing into lakes or leaping off the high board, there's nothing quite like the joy of jumping into water. Olympic divers turned this natural act into a sophisticated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maybe you've unknowingly tried to do a manu jump. Isabel Pavia/Moment via Getty Images Whether diving off docks, cannonballing ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Whether diving off docks, cannonballing into lakes or leaping off the high board, there’s nothing quite like the joy of jumping into water. Olympic divers turned this natural act ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pankaj Rohilla, Georgia Institute of Technology and Daehyun Choi, Georgia Institute of ...