This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics - not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to ...

Longtime surfer and Vietnam veteran Ron Boord wanted to commit suicide by cop. Despondent because of a back injury that kept him from hitting the waves and tired of the mental torture he suffered from ...

Of the 43 territorial forces in England and Wales, there are examples of forces that have piloted big data technology, with promising results. Launched at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in ...

Sometimes videos of police using force seem to justify those actions; other times, they appear to prove officers acted wrongly. In either circumstance, seeing such videos might give viewers a false ...