When you are riding a bicycle or a motorcycle and are about to make a turn, you (often subconsciously) perform a small “countersteer” in the opposite direction of your turn before actually turning in your desired direction. That is, if you are about to make a right turn on your bike, you actually make a [...]
Elevators are contraptions made for convenience, especially for people who travel several floors at a time inside a tall building. You may have noticed that it feels no different inside an elevator in the middle of its journey up or down than it feels to be standing on a stationary ground (one that is not [...]
Imagine someone tossing an egg at you, and you must catch the egg without causing it to break. Naturally, you would want to move your hands back, along the motion of the egg as you catch the it, because you know that the egg is fragile and will break if enough force is applied to [...]