Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

4 points by gronky_ 2 years ago | 0 comments

Airfoil (2024)(ciechanow.ski)

508 points by brk 9 months ago | 59 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airfoils generate lift by examining the forces created by airflow around aircraft wings.

Moon(ciechanow.ski)

2976 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 248 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining the Moon, its phases, and its orbital path around Earth.

Moon (2024)(ciechanow.ski)

245 points by simonebrunozzi 2 months ago | 38 comments

Gears (2020)(ciechanow.ski)

124 points by mhb 3 years ago | 5 comments

GPS – Bartosz Ciechanowski (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

11 points by srathi 1 year ago | 1 comments

Airfoil (2024)(ciechanow.ski)

508 points by brk 9 months ago | 59 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airfoils generate lift by examining the forces created by airflow around aircraft wings.

Bicycle(ciechanow.ski)

2962 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 336 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive explainer article on how bicycles work, covering the physics of riding, steering, and balance with 3D demonstrations.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

700 points by razin 4 months ago | 118 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog article explaining how a mechanical watch mechanism works, with draggable 3D demonstrations.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

900 points by Akcium 2 years ago | 153 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works, with draggable 3D demonstrations of its mechanism.

Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling(economist.com)

406 points by livueta 2 years ago | 328 comments

Economist science article reporting that wind turbines harm bird populations less than oil-and-gas drilling, contrary to wind farm opponents' fears.

What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane(prospect.org)

735 points by doom2 2 years ago | 446 comments

American Prospect article by Maureen Tkacik on how Boeing's management drove out experienced engineers and workers who knew how to build planes.