Speed alone may be the factor that draws many sports fans to the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. But beneath the thrilling descents of the winding, ...

This resource is part of Science Friday’s Educator Phenomena Forum and was developed collaboratively by Jose Rivas, an engineering and AP science teacher in Lennox, California, and Sarah Han, a PhD ...

Much of the excitement of a luge run is easy to miss – the athletes’ movements are often too small to notice as they fly by looking like nothing more than a blur on your television. It would be easy ...

Bobsled, luge and skeleton athletes descend twisting, steep tracks at speeds upward of 80 mph (130 kmh). Julian Finney/Getty Images Speed alone may be the factor that draws many sports fans to the ...