Wonder on the Web
Issue 55: Links to amazing stuff.
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- Editor's Note from August 18, 2016
Issue 55: Seeking silences, Yellowstone's extreme life, and the ironies of wildfire. /
- Traveling into Silence
A journey into two of the quietest places on earth. /
- Life in the Cauldron
Meet the hearty tenants of Yellowstone’s deadly hot springs. /
- Wildfire’s Dangerous Renewal
Awe and lessons from Peshtigo, Yellowstone, and Fort McMurray. /
- Christ as a Gardner
“I never noticed it until they died.” /
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