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The Physics of Flips (and Twists)

In case you missed it, here’s one of our favorite moments from the Olympics in Rio this year: 16-year-old American gymnast Laurie Hernandez winking at the judgesbefore her gold-medal-winning floor routine. (Gutsy, right? But, as we can see, her confidence was totally justified.)

In this article from Wired, Rhett Allain offers some insight into the physics that goes into pulling off those incredible stunts. The ...

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Issue 55 / August 18, 2016
  1. Editor's Note from August 18, 2016

    Issue 55: Seeking silences, Yellowstone's extreme life, and the ironies of wildfire. / Ted Olsen

  2. Traveling into Silence

    A journey into two of the quietest places on earth. / Rebecca Randall

  3. Life in the Cauldron

    Meet the hearty tenants of Yellowstone’s deadly hot springs. / Kyle Rohane

  4. Wildfire’s Dangerous Renewal

    Awe and lessons from Peshtigo, Yellowstone, and Fort McMurray. / Dorothy Boorse

  5. Christ as a Gardner

    “I never noticed it until they died.” / Andrew Hudgins

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