Jeffrey Kluger

The brain sits snugly inside the skull, but it's not a completely flush fit - there is still a layer of fluid between bone and soft tissue that serves as a natural shock absorber. Some shocks, however, can't be absorbed, and when the head gets clobbered too hard, the brain can twist or torque or rattle around inside its skeletal casing.

American Writer

Jason Hammel

A lot of people think pitchers, and they just think throwing and that's where all the power comes from. It's really not. It starts from the ground up. If you have a strong base, the legs will actually do the work and build all the torque and power you need to throw. So if you have weak legs at the end of the year, that's not good.

American Athlete

Grandmaster Flash

I knew there was a way to blend records together, but I didn't know how to. This was haunting me when I was in my teens. In my frustration, I decided to start experimenting with electronics. I tested the torque factor on different turntables. I had to figure needles out. See, there are two kinds, elliptical and conical.

American Musician

Debra Granik

I swing with a lot of torque from non-fiction to fiction, and I really like that place in between.

American Director

Evel Knievel

The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.

American Entertainer

Associated with machinery or devices that rotate, like engines, drills, or wheels.

Mechanical Context

Measured in newton-meters (Nm) or pound-feet (lb-ft) depending on the system used.

Measurement Unit

In everyday language, it can mean the effort needed to twist or turn something manually.

Physical Effort

Can be a symbol of status or cultural identity in some societies.

Cultural Symbol

Associated with ancient civilizations like the Celts, torques are found in historical exhibits.

Historical Artefact

Worn as a decorative accessory, they are usually made of metal and are circular.

Fashion Accessory

 bit we have torque set and everything is color-coded on the fastener capture plate to help the astronaut and the ground team to communicate and not be confused so the astronaut puts the red sockets onto his mini power tool sticks the the socket or fit through itto releases the screw and then the screws are all floating around inside the

Hubble's Final Mission PIPE...

 he just grabs the levers near the pivots and goes through a big angle every stroke, and as the going gets tougher, he just slides his hands up the levers, creates more torque, and kind of bench-presses his way out of trouble through the rough terrain. Now the big, important point here is that

Amos Winter: The cheap...

 transmission join the main assembly line from computer-controlled torque guns that screw the individual parts together to heavy lifting manipulators that make moving the heavy parts easy this line comes packed with high-tech help even the silicon dispenser is automated with

Harley Motorcycles PIPE...

 And that capability is embedded in the chips of the bionic limb. What we've done, then, is we modulate the sensitivity of the reflex, the modeled spinal reflex, with the neural signal, so when I relax my muscles in my residual limb, I get very little torque and power,

New bionics let us run,...

 but they want their own version of a life which is more prosperous, and more dynamic, and more, you know, enjoyable. And all of these things combine to create an enormous amount of torque on the planet. And if we cannot figure out a way to deal with that torque,

Alex Steffen: The route...

 and simply watch my daughter's life as it unfolded with openness and curiosity. One afternoon she was lying on her back, and she arched her back on the carpet stuck her tongue out of the side of her mouth and managed to torque her body onto her belly.

"Good" and "bad" are...

 That's pretty cool. And short term, these aren't driverless. These are going to be trucks that truck drivers want to drive. Yes. So what will be really fun about this is you have a flat torque RPM curve with an electric motor,

Elon Musk: The future...

 Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe, pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance.

The physics of the...

 Now the irony is, we actually don't understand how this little thing works. That's when I get excited. So we got back to work, wrote down a couple of equations. If you take the input torque that you put in,

Lifesaving scientific...

 Our driver hits the gas hard and turns sharply. The excessive torque at the rear wheels overcome static friction between the tires and the ground, so they become subject to kinetic friction,

Torque