Pumps are a critical piece of infrastructure, but to keep them operating, engineers have to account for several potential pitfalls. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady discusses some of the Keep reading
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Hummingbird Drinking
Hummingbirds are master acrobats, able to hover and drink simultaneously before flitting off to the next flower. At first glance, you might expect that their tongues are simply tiny straws Keep reading
Egg-Spinning Fun
If you have any leftover hard-boiled eggs, you can recreate this bit of fluid dynamical fun. Spin the egg through a puddle of milk, and you’ll find that the egg Keep reading
Archimedes
Archimedes may be the world’s most famous fluid mechanician. The story of his discovery of the principles of buoyancy (and his subsequent running naked through the streets proclaiming “Eureka!”) is Keep reading