Skipping stones across water has fascinated humans for millennia, but incredibly, we’re still uncovering the physics of this game today. A recent paper built and experimentally validated a mathematical model Keep reading
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Stone Skipping Physics
The current record for stone-skipping is about 88 skips. For most of us, that’s an unimaginably high number, but according to physicists, human throwers may top out around 300 or Keep reading
Fluids Round-Up
Time for another fluids round-up! Here’s some of the best fluid dynamics from around the web: – Band Ok Go filmed their latest music video in microgravity, complete with floating, Keep reading
Skipping Squishy Spheres
Skipping a stone on water requires a flat, disk-like stone thrown at a shallow angle, but elastic spheres are remarkable skippers, too, even at higher impact angles. Researchers at the Splash Keep reading
Stone-Skipping Physics
Many people have learned to throw skipping stones across a pond or lake, but how many have considered the physics of how it happens? In this video, researchers use high-speed Keep reading