BBC presenter and blogger Steve Mould’s mesmerizing video depicting a ‘chain fountain’ was viewed over a million times on YouTube since it was posted last February. Now, a team of physicists offers an explanation for the seemingly gravity-defying behaviour of the chain.
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Fly like a… jellyfish?
Ornithopters – robotic vehicles that fly by flapping their wings like birds and insects – push the limits of human ingenuity and our understanding of the mechanics of flight. A new device built at New York University breaks the mold by mimicking another kind of creature altogether: the jellyfish. The robot’s pulsing motion is remarkably […]
