Physics and psychology of cats - an (improbable) conversation
Have you wondered why cats are so nimble and seem to fit perfectly in cups, boxes and other small places? Or how cats communicate with humans? Marc
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Have you wondered why cats are so nimble and seem to fit perfectly in cups, boxes and other small places? Or how cats communicate with humans? Marc
Have you wondered why cats are so nimble and seem to fit perfectly in cups, boxes, and other small places? Or how cats communicate with humans? A physicist and a psychologist explain.
How much force must a penguin apply in order to blast a flying poop projectile, and how far can it travel? Fortunately for us all, scientists now have answers.
The winners of the 31st annual Ig Nobels include researchers who figured out how to better control cockroaches on US Navy submarines and a team that figured out just how disgusting that discarded gum stuck to your shoe is.
HOME > AIRCHIVES > PAPERAIR > VOLUME 9-ISSUE 3 > Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake 2. Department of Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona In this report, we apply basic scientific techniques to answer the question “Is Kansas as flat as a pancake?” 1 While driving across the American Midwest, it is common to hear travelers remark, “This state is as flat as a pancake.” To the authors, this adage seems to qualitatively capture some characteristic of a topographic geodetic survey 2. This obv...