Physics Are Phun!: The Ball Flip Trick

Impressive, but I would have gone with a triple gainer with a twist. Twisted ankle. I'm so clumsy! Now somebody bring me an ice pack, I threw a hip out humping a dinosaur pillow last night -- AND this morning. I AM A LOVEMAKING MACHINE!

Physics WIN [current]

Thanks to Andrew, who once popped one of those balls at the gym and everyone thought it was a terrorist act for a second. It was.

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• The Leidenfrost Effect, Or: How It's Okay To Stick Your Hand In A Can Of Liquid Nitrogen

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  Science is amazing. And I'm not just saying that because it's my only hope of cloning dinosaurs or inventing a time machine. Yes I am. But still, the Leidenfrost Effect is cool too. The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass signif... / Continue →
• Samurai Swordsman Cuts Baseball In Half

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  Resident samurai Isao Machii returns, this time cutting a launched baseball in half. Unfortunately, it took him two tries. I could have done it in one, making a second ball obsolete. Rollerblading accident. It unraveled. Japanese Samurai Slices Pitched Baseball In Half [... / Continue →