Each October, Boston University freshmen find out pumpkins aren’t just for carving &- they’re also for teaching students about explosive energy. Friday afternoon, members of BU’s physics community ...

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To coincide with Halloween this Oct. 31, North Shore High School physics classes took part in the annual “Pumpkin Drop” to test the principle that all objects in freefall accelerate at the same rate.

CHICO — Elementary school students screamed in delight as pumpkins demonstrated gravity in action Friday, smashing into the concrete at Chico State during the annual Physics Pumpkin Drop. “Drop the ...

CHICO — What goes up, must come down. The sounds of at least 400 children counting down to see pumpkins falling from the sky reverberated Thursday from Trinity Commons at Chico State as the children ...

EXPLOSIVE HIT. IT ALL STARTS FOUR STORIES UP ON THE ROOF. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS YEAR’S PUMPKIN DROP WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS. THAT WAS SO EXCITING. THIS IS MY ROMAN EMPIRE. THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF ...

BU held its annual Pumpkin Drop on Wednesday, gearing up for Halloween. The biggest pumpkin of the event collides with Metcalf Plaza after a 70 foot drop at Boston University’s annual pumpkin drop on ...

Boston University community members gathered around at lunchtime Friday to watch pumpkins fall off a roof. It was the physics department's 18th annual "Pumpkin Drop." WBUR's Amy Sokolow reports. This ...