Friction is what stops coins from spinning. In this video, The Action Lab demonstrates a number of spinning things nd spinning surfaces to explain how friction affects how long they spin, and the best surfaces for keeping them spinning as long as possible.
How to spin a coin for two minutes
Scientists win 2022 Nobel Prize by proving that reality is not locally real
Physicists John Clauser, Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger have won the 2022 Nobel Prize for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science."… READ THE REST
Scientists invent 3D-printable Oreometer to figure out why Oreo frosting only sticks to one side
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Scientists discover new form of ice — the twentieth one so far
From Phys.org: A team of scientists working in UNLV's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab pioneered a new method for measuring the properties of water under high pressure. The water sample was first squeezed between… READ THE REST
Wear these headphones in the pool—they won't fall off either!
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TL;DR: Save 92% on Microsoft Visual Studio Pro for Windows and get it at its lowest price ever! Remember when Twitter was fun? (Well, when it was still called that and not…X. We… READ THE REST
Teslas suck! What you really need is this whizz-bang CarPlay screen
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