Investigator Don Weinshank writes: Tragically, the predictions by Incorvaia, Poulos, Jones and Tschirhart, Synergy Medical Alliance, East Lansing, Michigan (in their 2007 study “Can a Falling Bullet be Lethal at Terminal Velocity?”, reported in AIR, July/August 2012, p.11), were confirmed locally this July 4 when a woman was struck in the head by a bullet […]
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Much ado about falling cats
The folks at Smarter Every Day produced this video about falling cats—and how those cats manage to land on their feet: (Thanks to investigator Arne Tomlinson for bringing this to our attention) BONUS: The apocryphal, published study “Does a Cat Always Land on Its Feet?” from the special Animal Behavior issue (vol. 4, no. 4, […]
Remove a Nail, and the Painting Falls Off the Wall
An all-star team of computer scientists has come up with better ways to remove paintings from museum (or any other) walls). The team includes Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) member Erik Demaine [pictured here] and RSA Security co-founder Ron Rivest. Their study is: “Picture-Hanging Puzzles,” Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Yair N. […]
The vicar’s fall from grace (onto a potato)
The British edition of The Metro reports (in an article derived from reporting by The Sun: Vicar hospitalised with potato up his bum A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on to the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude. The clergyman, in his 50s, told medical staff at […]