Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it possible?
I’ve been interested in superheroes for a long time, and not only because I think telekinesis would be useful. No, what really intrigues me is that your average superhero story is a fantasy dressed up as science fiction. As I see it, there are three basic types of superheroes: – The Mutated Hero, who’s undergone…
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Anassa Rhenisch - Science in My Fiction
The physics of the wet dog shake
Behold the basic physics of the wet dog shake, as explored by Andrew Dickerson, Grant Mills, Jay Bauman, Young-Hui Chang, David Hu of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Their (skimpy, introductory) paper is available on arxiv – it’s really an introduction to this entrancing video (also available in a higher-res version): (Thanks to Joseph Amaslab…
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Mark Abrahams - Improbable Research
