That was Relatively Great
XKCD brings us physics and sex, without mentioning simple harmonic motion.
Date: December 9th, 2008
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Landmarks: Breaking the Mirror
Symmetry is a cherished principle in theoretical physics. For example, the mirror reflection of any physical process appears to operate according to the same laws as its real-world counterpart. So it was a huge surprise in the 1950s when researchers showed in the Physical Review that mirror symmetry doesn’t always apply. They [...]
Rube-y Goldberg Tuesday VI
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The Migration and Herding Tendencies of Tools
I was performing “some assembly required” of equipment in the lab recently, and got stuck when I couldn’t find the proper tool. There is only one such tool in the lab — an allen key of a particular size — and it wasn’t in the tool chest, which is not unusual. Tools are [...]
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