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 […]
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How to (try to) stop a machine
This video documents an unplanned experiment in engineering and human nature. Workers at a construction site contemplate how to arrest a machine that will not stop spinning. Then more workers join in the contemplation… (Thanks to investigator Ralph Enders for bringing this to our attention.) BONUS: Researchers at the University of Minnesota physics department write, […]
A hammer thrower’s take on the Ig-winning research
Hammer thrower Martin Bissinger writes about the study that earned the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in physics: Hammer Throw Research Wind Ig Nobel Prize As a hammer thrower, you get used to answering the same questions over and over from coworkers and onlookers. Away from training most people always ask “Do you throw, like, a […]
Kissing Games of Adolescents in Ohio
The history of studies of kissing games of adolescents in the American state of Ohio reached its first high point in 1959, with the publication of: “The Kissing Games of Adolescents in Ohio,” Brian Sutton-Smith, Midwest Folklore, vol. 9, 1959, pp. 189-211.