There are many materials that don’t behave exactly as a fluid or a solid, instead displaying characteristics of both. In this video, we see drops of hair gel falling into Keep reading
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Reducing the Force of Water Entry
As anyone who’s jumped off the high board can tell you, hitting the water involves a lot of force. That’s because any solid object entering the water has to accelerate Keep reading
Entrained
When an object hits water whether it draws air in with it depends on its shape, impact speed, and surface characteristics. In this experiment, though, there’s a bit of a Keep reading