Why power wires sometimes ‘dance’ to an undetectable breeze
Share on Facebook
Print article On these quiet, still days, as winter plods on, Alaskans tend to notice any movement outside their windows, such as dancing power wires strung between poles. The answer as to why the wires bounce is in Neil Davis’ “Alaska Science Nuggets.” First, though, a refresher on that book a compilation of 400 of these columns and why you are reading this right now. Neil Davis was a do-all scientist at UAF’s Geophysical Institute from the 1960s to the 1980s. He started this column in 1976 at the urging of a newspaper editor.
An incredible knock by Rishabh Pant propelled India to 329 in the morning session on Day 2.
In reply, the visitors managed only 134 as Ravichandran Ashwin picked up an astonishing five-wicket haul.
The Indians secured a 195-run lead in the first innings.
Here is more. In this article How did Day 2 pan out? Ashwin completes his 29th five-wicket haul First-ever bowler to dismiss 200 left-handers in Test cricket Siraj strikes on his first ball at home (Tests) Foakes remains unbeaten, Broad registers 35th duck England didn t concede a single extra in the first innings Day 2 How did Day 2 pan out?
The second day saw a total of three fast-paced sessions.
This content was published on February 14, 2021 - 10:00 February 14, 2021 - 10:00 Julie Hunt
Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch s predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001.
More about the author | Multimedia
In The Other Daughter by British author Caroline Bishop, one of the key protagonists, Sylvia, is a reporter sent to Switzerland on a mission to find out the effect of the introduction of female suffrage. At the time, the United Kingdom was well ahead of Switzerland in introducing laws, but Britain was far from achieving actual equality between the sexes. Sylvia struggles to forge ahead in a male-dominated profession.