Jason Goldman, writing in The Guardian, today tells of the long history of frogs being sent (by humans) into space for scientific purposes: “Frogs in space: one giant leap indeed“. Ig Nobel Prize winner Richard Wassersug [pictured here] has an intimate relationship with the history of frogs in space. Among his publications in that realm: “Emesis and […]
Tag: gravity
Headline o’ the day: “Brazil Nut Effect Measured in Lunar and Martian Gravity Conditions”
Today’s Headline of the Day appears in The Physics arXiv Blog: Brazil Nut Effect Measured in Lunar and Martian Gravity Conditions The headline concerns the also-intriguingly-headlined study “Granular convection and the Brazil nut effect in reduced gravity,” Carsten Güttler [pictured here], Ingo von Borstel, Rainer Schräpler, Jürgen Blum,” arXiv:1304.0569, Apr 2, 2013. The authors report: […]
XKCD: Vault calculation
This XKCD cartoon illustrates an old (but perhaps correct) idea — that calculation can have consequences:
Dropped-cat research
This video (HT metafilter) shows cats being dropped in low-gravity. BONUS: “Does a Cat Always Land on Its Feet?” published in the Annals of Improbable Research, vol. 4, no. 4.