Using physics to flip a water bottle
The water bottle flipping craze, in which a partially filled bottle of water is flipped and magically lands upright, swept the globe a couple of years ago. Now a group of Dutch scientists has designed a classroom demo version of the feat, described in a recent paper in the American Journal of Physics. It is…
The physic errors of Independence Day
For the 4th of July, I found a presentation from Mary Kate DiNorcia and Chris Simonetti on the physic errors in Independence Day. Enjoy!