The formation of holes (a.k.a. ‘eyes’) in Swiss Cheese has been the focus of intense scientific scrutiny for more than a century. For a state-of-the art review of the literature – as it was around 100 years ago – see the work of William Mansfield Clark, [pictured right] late DeLamar professor of physiological chemistry at […]
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The “Cracking the Egg Sprinkler Mystery” video
Flora Lichtman’s video shows how two scientists connected eggs and milk to produce a pump. The video uses other, better ways to describe the situation. Click on the image, and be whisked to the Science Friday web site, to see the video: Some background info, from Science Friday: When engineer Tadd Truscott was in grad […]
Scientists Gain Insights into and with Cereal Flakes
After generations of humans had been pouring cows’ milk onto breakfast cereal flakes and then pouring that milk/flake mixture into themselves, a researcher named Luigi Degano fed breakfast cereal to 21 cows in Italy. Degano wanted to see how this might affect the milk that later issued from the cows. Degano, based at the Istituto Sperimentale Lattiero […]
Hackers on milk, in Germany
How do modern hearty hackers go about solving a complex problem? This lecture, captured on video and summarized on a PDF, shows one way. It’s called “Who’s snitching my milk? — Nonlinear dynamics/analysis of vanishing bovine products in an office environment.” The presentation was part of Chaos Communication Camp 2011, in Schorfheide, Germany. (Click on the […]