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Image: Warner Bros.
Why would anyone ask if Godzilla could ice skate? Let?s just think of it as a challenge.
The first thing to consider is the compressive strength of ice. I really don?t know everything that goes on when someone (a human) ice skates, but I do know something. If an object has a s…
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What if casts did more to heal your broken bones than just preventing them from moving and protecting you from bumping them into stuff? That is exactly the goal of designer Deniz Karasahin, who has created a 3D-printed cast rigged up with Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) ? technology that cou…
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Image: Consumer Physics
There are few technologies as comprehensive as Google. A simple search can tell you more than you ever wanted to know about the world around you. But the world?s largest search engine, robust as it may be, has its shortcomings. Most notably, there?s no way to Google physica…
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Look closely?this is not a wasp! This male Red Oak Clearwing moth is a convincing-looking fake. Image: Mark Dreiling, Retired, Bugwood.org
Last Monday I posted a moth in wasp?s clothing; here are some more! These moths are from a different group, the Sesiidae. They are incredibly convincing mimics…
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