Why Riding An Elevator Is Like Changing Gravity

Riding in an elevator, it seems like you can suspend gravity for a moment, says Adam Frank.

If you time it just right, tossing a ball in the air as an elevator starts to move, the ball seems to hang in the air for a moment, like gravity had been canceled, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

(Image credit: kostsov/Getty Images/iStockphoto)