Today’s physics challenge: Estimate the average speed and net displacement of this bicycle: [vimeo]9970489[/vimeo] BONUS: A cheery music video about the singer’s bicycle having been stolen:
Katz on dogs
Professor Katz [pictured here] specialises in problems with dogs (amongst other things). Specifically, for example, Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis in Tibetan Terriers. “Ceroid-lipofuscinosis (CLN) occurs in a number of animal species in addition to humans. Animals in which CLN has been reported include a number of dog breeds, including Tibetan Terriers, English Setters, Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, and American Bulldogs. Dr. […]
Which way do sheep turn? [JER research]
One of the latest publications in the field of postmodern range sciences – from the USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico – has been scheduled for future publication in the journal ‘Laterality’. Authors Dean M. Anderson and Leigh W. Murray (at K-State) set up a suite of experiments with 309 white-faced ewes, in […]
Levitating a frog, and where that led
Amy Ryles writes, in the EatBigFish blog: How a levitating frog led to the Nobel Prize I was watching a program on the BBC the other day, about a physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of graphene. What really piqued my interest was his slightly bonkers approach to science – which was […]