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Ball Bearings
golf_goods_485.jpg We gadget editors were intrigued by the idea of RadarGolf, a new device that allows players to home in on special balls equipped with radar chips, but none of us actually knows how...
View ArticleReal or Fake? The World's Longest Basketball Shot
Three points! Is this shot really within the realm of physical possibility?If we time the flight, we can then apply some ballpark approximations to determine whether the trajectory we see in the video...
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Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid...
Dan Durda and His Granite Spheres Derek Richardson Planetary science isn't all telescopes and spectral lines. Sometimes you need 40-foot cranes, advice from a dude named A-Ray, and a pair of...
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Wearing Yellow Might Give Tennis Players an Edge
Eye on the Ball Rafael Nadal's ball-colored shirt may have disabled his opponents at last year's U.S. Open. Nick Laham/Getty Images Major League Baseball pitchers can't wear white gloves or wristbands...
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Video: Hands-On With the Sphero Robotic Ball (Slash Cat's Dream Toy)
Sphero in Dock Dan Bracaglia Because we've all been asking for it, Orbotix was nice enough to drop off one of their Sphero robotic balls (ball-shaped robots? Ball-bots? Spherical robots?) at PopSci...
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The Aerodynamics Of The World Cup Soccer Ball, In GIFs
Brazuca Ball in a Wind Tunnel NASA's Ames Research Center NASA stuck a World Cup soccer ball into some of its aerodynamics testing chambers because why not. NASA is not involved in developing or...
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We gadget editors were intrigued by the idea of RadarGolf, a new device that allows players to home in on special balls equipped with radar chips, but none of us actually…
View ArticleInternational Experiments In Relative Motion
While the principle is fairly straightforward, this video is such an endearing representation of the concept of relative motion that we had to share it. Who wouldn't…
View ArticleReal or Fake? The World's Longest Basketball Shot
Three points! Is this shot really within the realm of physical possibility?
View ArticleVideo: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid...
Planetary science isn’t all telescopes and spectral lines. Sometimes you need 40-foot cranes, advice from a dude named A-Ray, and a pair of 2,800-pound granite balls. Literal…
View ArticleWearing Yellow Might Give Tennis Players an Edge
Major League Baseball pitchers can't wear white gloves or wristbands because they obscure the ball, making it difficult for batters to gauge a pitch's path. Professional…
View ArticleVideo: Hands-On With the Sphero Robotic Ball (Slash Cat's Dream Toy)
Because we've all been asking for it, Orbotix was nice enough to drop off one of their Sphero robotic balls (ball-shaped robots? Ball-bots? Spherical robots?) at PopSci HQ,…
View ArticleThe Aerodynamics Of The World Cup Soccer Ball, In GIFs
NASA stuck a World Cup soccer ball into some of its aerodynamics testing chambers because why not. NASA is not involved in developing or testing the ball, so these…
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