One of the greatest problems in modern physics is to reconcile the enormous difference between the energy carried by random fluctuations in the vacuum of space, and the dark energy driving the ...

If Olympic-level gymnastics wasn't impressive enough already, wait until you learn how narrow the balance beam really is. When you watch athletes competing on the beam at the Paris Olympics, know that ...

Simone Biles entered the balance beam final hoping to earn gold on the apparatus for the first time in her Olympic career. Instead, Biles failed to medal on it for the first time in her three Olympic ...

The U.S. women's gymnastics team has among the highest difficulty scores on one of the most difficult gymnastic events: the balance beam. Olympic gymnasts have a ...

The gymnastics at the Olympics in Paris is in full flow with the women’s and men’s artistic team events offering the sport’s first gold medals of this year’s Games. Athletes take part in several ...

While winning her fourth medal during the 2016 Rio Olympics, Simone Biles put her hands on the balance beam. That doesn't sound like a big deal, right? But unfortunately, it led to a deduction that ...