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frequency The brown note is a hypothetical infrasonic frequency that would cause humans to lose control of their bowels. Annie Rauwerda
slinky Why does a Slinky stay momentarily suspended in mid-air when you drop it? David Pescovitz
small world This is the highest-resolution image of atoms ever seen David Pescovitz
balls Ball bearing ramp challenge: which reaches the bottom first? Rob Beschizza
agnosticism Physicist Michio Kaku: "Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea" Mark Frauenfelder
ftl Scientists may have figured out how to make a warp drive work Thom Dunn
generator Draw your own iceberg and see if it flips Miss Cellania
egg mcmuffins Robotic egg-cracker built entirely using Legos Clive Thompson
tracking "A Small Antelope Horn" looks at animal tracking and theoretical physics Andrea James
atomic clocks Earth's rotation sped up in 2020, we may need a "negative leap second" Clive Thompson
Synchronized Watch these metronomes spontaneously synchronize Andrea James
physics 3D printed "impossible domino" bounces back upright Andrea James
pvc PVC cement spins wildly when dropped in water Andrea James
design diaries Creator spent 11 years developing epic Line Rider course Clive Thompson
star trek Physicists make tiny model of Star Trek's USS Voyager that's smaller than a human hair David Pescovitz
hydrodynamics Cool demonstration of aerodynamic bearings Andrea James
wringing Ultraflat materials can be stuck together via wringing Andrea James
fluids Liquids get mixed, then unmixed due to Stokes flow Andrea James
Nobel Prizes When newly-minted Nobel Prize winner Roger Penrose riffed on very weird physics with Joe Rogan (2018) David Pescovitz
vortices Here's a faster way to empty a bottle or jug Andrea James