The next time a subway car or commuter train rolls into the station, try to sneak a quick peek at its large metal wheels. You’ll notice that instead of being perfect cylinders, they’re actually angled. It’s a deliberate and clever design choice that allows your train to roll around corners without flying off the tracks.… Read More »
Evidence that group learning is a fast way to learn things! Source: How the World’s Smartest People Learn Things Faster
An interesting read — note that they don’t mention what type of jobs (administrative? business?) but still awesome. Source: Silicon Valley companies like Apple (AAPL) hires the most alumni of these 10 universities, and none of them are in the Ivy League. — Quartz
It’s an interesting climate that we live in these days, where “alternative facts” seem to rule over all else. Where does this come from? One would think that scientific evidence is all a person would need to understand real truths. The situation can be a bit more complex than that, as many people selectively choose arguments… Read More »
All too often, we scientists and engineers feel that we must know everything, and if we don’t, we’re somehow lacking professionally. The truth is — and you can ask my parents if you need further verification — the smartest I ever felt was when I was in middle school. My world view was pretty limited, and what… Read More »
This research shows that all trees break at a critical wind speed. http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.023001
I often wonder about how our own biological makeup changes how efficiently we digest food. It’s not just as simple as calorie in, calorie out; how efficiently do we break down the food to extract those calories? http://gizmodo.com/why-the-calorie-is-broken-1755389049
This is an awesome explanation about wheel differentials!!
Yup. The earth’s inertia is changing. Because the glaciers are melting. Because the distribution of mass is changing. How cool is physics, and how lame is global climate change?? http://www.iflscience.com/environment/rising-sea-levels-shown-actually-slow-down-earths-rotation-0
http://www.wired.com/2015/11/holly-holm-ronda-rousey-destroying-kick-packed-a-lot-of-force/