Giant water striders jump differently, the physics of beer-dancing peanuts
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Impact flashes help protect satellites from space junk, novel uses for ultrasound
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Minecraft adventure explores the solar system, machine learning generates potions worthy of Hogwarts
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Bin the Boffin campaign lights up London, why gravity is weak in the Indian Ocean
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Approaching infinity…and beyond
Siblings Eugenia Viti and Ivan Viti explore the mathematical limits of the everyday
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Shopping trolley could save lives, the bottle bouncing challenge
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How do things work? It all comes down to forces
Karel Green reviews Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop by Henry Petroski
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Snakes and Ladders inspired by the future of publishing, ‘plasmonic tongue’ has a taste for maple syrup
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Belle II particle detector is latest LEGO model, ‘Shut up and calculate’: the heavy metal version
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How scientific models both help and deceive us in decision making
Michela Massimi reviews Escape from Model Land by Erica Thompson
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